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The Big C

Originally posted 2018-06-06 11:13:07.   As I sit here looking of inspiration for each keystroke I hold back tears. The normal daily routine of getting my son up to take his medications doesn’t stop for anything. Hearing the words in my head over and over… CANCER… My mother has beaten colorectal cancer just a few years ago. Her body still trying to recover from the chemo and radiation. Then having to have her arteries bypassed…

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With Love, Charlie

Originally posted 2019-02-25 08:58:22. We unfortunately have to put her to sleep. The cancer – tumor is just ravaging her poor little body. We had planned on taking her to nc state oncology for her appointment but she can’t do anything for herself anymore. We tried to get her up but she just stands there leaning against you. No wagging her tail no nothing. She will definitely be missed. She was the alpha in this…

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Autism sensory overload

Originally posted 2017-07-18 11:18:14. “Imagine feeling so overloaded that you just couldn’t cope.” That’s the situation the U.K.’s  National Autistic Society is exploring in a new virtual reality film that lets viewers experience what sensory overload feels like for people with autism spectrum disorder. “Imagine the difference it would make if someone showed you a little kindness,” the Society writes on their website. “Rather than judging you as a naughty kid having a meltdown, or a ‘weirdo’ flapping their hands.” Fostering kindness and understanding is the goal of…

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Didn’t know what I was getting in to

Originally posted 2017-07-17 14:53:56. NO, I REALLY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO – WORDS FROM A MILITARY SPOUSE As my military husband and I visited home for the holidays, I remember being so happy about getting this break. However, we couldn’t help but get those same questions. “When will you guys be done with the military?”   http://www.semidelicatebalance.com/2016/01/24/2620/

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Why does it hurt

Originally posted 2019-02-16 18:29:30. Can someone explain to me why this hurts so freaking much?! I watched the man who I share his DNA, who may not have been a father but he was my father. Then 7 months or so later have to watch my mother, the woman who brought me into this world, carried my through this world in so many different ways. Who I miss more than life itself. I want to…

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Daughter of murder victim needs your help

Originally posted 2018-05-31 12:50:17.   Look at this lil thing. His grandma would have just eaten him up. She would have loved being a grandmother. gofundme.com/formommyandme  This is the fundraiser I started to help the daughter of my friend, Keisha, who along with 2 others were murdered back in 2016.  This is to help her obtain a lawyer to fight for custody of her baby, Mason. Please help me by sharing. Thank you for your…

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Finally!

As some of you may know we now have 3 granddaughters. I think they were trying endlessly for a boy. Well she found out she was pregnant, again. My best friend automatically said, “it’ a boy” I am not sure what made her think right away that it was a boy. But it worked! It is a boy!! FINALLY! I told the doc the day we went in for an ultrasound could he just snip…

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Soapy

Originally posted 2023-06-19 10:40:55. We have been trying to find the right hand soap for our son for the longest now. We have tried the Dial pump hand soap, which he used extremely fast. Then we tried some of the other of brand ones which he just didn’t get his hands clean. One we tried from Sam’s Club was the Safeguard pump hand soap. It wasn’t bad it just seems to get used up quicker.…

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