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> Feeding kids can be a daily battle. But you wouldn’t know it looking at Instagram theconversation.com/feeding-ki

Now, this may be crazy talk, but hear me out: maybe, just maybe don't go looking for advice on feeding your children from #SocialMedia. Just saying.

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Good night! A bit early but it’s been a long day. So here’s my #3GoodThings and one is very good!
1. We made it safely to the doctor appointment half an hour early.
2. Doctor told hubs he no longer has to take the anti-rejection medication and no longer has to make the yearly visits to see him. Hubs has to go to a local doctor every three months to have the contact bandage changed but his eye from the stem cell transplant is completely healed and creating new stem cells again!
3. We made it home safely and sis-in-law just texted that she has returned home without trouble other than having to slow down for a few storms on the way.
Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #Gratitude #Family

Been spending more time than usual with my son-in-law the last couple of weeks due to him helping out with shuttling my partner to doctor's appointments.

I'm really grateful in getting a chance to know him better and appreciate his generosity and kindness more. We've always had quite a bit in common and a lot to talk about. But, recognizing him as a genuinely good person in our life and not just my daughter's husband/boyfriend is very welcome.

It may have taken me a little bit to get to this point; but, I'm glad I'm there now.

Kinda numb or maybe discombobulated?

So today I picked up Vik ( @lirleni ) from St Louis Crematorium, 4 weeks and a day since his passing. It took a while as there was a problem with his death certificate which I think I mentioned

Not sure what I feel, now I have his ashes and his death certificates, I guess it seems a little more real? Before I was just cleaning the house, sure, somewhat intrusively and making decisions on stuff that he'd usually decide on, but some how it still hadn't sunk in I guess?

I'll need to get some help with making financial decisions, definitely want to speak to someone what works for me rather than a rep at Fidelity or Morgan Stanley with regards to investments and 401K, and then there's chasing down bank accounts. And of course taxes will be rather interesting I'm sure.

Beyond that, mostly just continuing to sort, sort and sort some more, and figure out who wants what, who buys what, etc. I've got help on the comics and fountain pens, prolly give a lot of the stickers and stationary to the local journalling group. Need to donate some bags and basic stationary items to someone, and for the rest... No idea yet.

Real people.

Those in our lives we can touch, hold, look into one another's eyes, talk to, support, listen to, think about, do things for, have things done for us by, love.

Family.

Friends.

Not celebrities. Not politicians. Not experts. Not bots. Not AI constructs. Not influencers. Not social media avatars. Not machines.

Real people.

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my daughter is in the hospital. its most likely a miscarriage but she didnt knew that she was pregnant and had her period two weeks ago. my poor baby. #family