Oh and you are holding the bowl 
of whatever it is up To your face and shoveling it in. So the smell is right at my face level. Please eat faster
.*** eta: annndddd he’s up again….
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Today is my birthday. I wish it was any day but today.
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I can’t make the world be peaceful
I can’t prevent children from having to hide behind desks
I can’t deflect a sniper’s bullet from turning a wife into a widow
I can’t convince the news to stop turning war into a video game
I can’t silence the sound of bombs tearing neighborhoods apart
I can’t stall tanks from roaring down roads
I can’t turn a guided missile into a bouquet of flowers
I can’t make a murderer have an ounce of empathy
I can’t convince politicians to quit playing truth or dare
I can’t stave off a schoolyard being reduced to ash and rubble
I can’t do any of that
the only thing I can do is love the next person I encounter
without any conditions or strings
to love my neighbor
so fearlessly that
it starts a ripple
that stretches from
one horizon to the next
I can’t force peace
on the world
but I can become a force
of peace in the world
because
sometimes all it takes
is a single lit candle
in the darkness
to start a movement
oh, Spirit,
let me be a candle
of comfort in this world
let me burn with peace
~ john roedel
Yes, John…This I CAN do.
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OOOhhh… we are happy to babysit for the grandkids tomorrow night….. but we discovered the reason the hotels are so expensive tomorrow is because there is a Neil Young concert! Right down the road!
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Spousal Unit,
STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE! And pay attention when we tell you stuff about this college app process that our kid is going through.
NO, not every major is impacted at every school she’s applying to.
NO, just because she’s interested in cybersecurity law right now doesn’t mean she’s going to end up in a “policy puke job” like you keep babbling about. Shut up about that, ok?
NO, just because she says that she learns better when it’s not just from a book, it doesn’t mean that her future in a tech job is “doomed.”
NO, just because SHE does not identify as a competitve person doesn’t mean that her future is bleak. Guess what? Every team out there in the working world LOVES people who are team players! IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT BEATING OUT YOUR COLLEAGUES IN CLIMBING TO THE TOP! Oh. My. Gosh.
NO, our kid is not wired like you are. And based on how miserable you seem to be lately, that is probably a good thing.
Pull your head out of your butt. I’ve told you all of this to your face more than once. You don’t listen. Yet you wonder why our kid doesn’t come to you for advice. She’s said that she’s tired of being lectured. She wants it to be a conversation, she doesn’t want to be talked AT.
</end rant>
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I swear if you don’t get that HVAC of your serviced soon, I’m gonna walk over there with a hammer and do an engineer’s fix until that rattle stops….
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I no longer think the hostages are coming home.
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To the tech working on my cable/TV. The coconut whatever isn’t masking your weed smell. I wonder how long my house will smell now.
That being said, you are pretty nice and seem to be helping our TV woes. Hopefully the new box and modem will do the trick. AND! You came on time. That’s a rarity nowadays
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My poor H accidentally ran over a chipmunk when he moved the car. He is in tears. Time has a way of mellowing us … once upon a time, one less chipmunk in the yard would have made him happy.
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Just had THE most uncomfortable moment at a get together today. Met up with moms I haven’t seen since our kids were in middle school. Apparently, some marriages ended, and a new relationship (new to me, not to those involved, which is part of the discomfort) involves ex spouses. I don’t think it would have been uncomfortable had I not seen what one of the exes (who wasn’t there) had written about the new relationship. At the time, I didn’t realize who the “mistress/ex-friend” was. I put it together mid sentence while talking to said person. No judgement. I love everyone involved. Just a very awkward moment for me. Hopefully, not for the person I was talking to as they probably don’t know what I read.
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Not sure if this is true, but rumor suggests that many are cancelling apps to Notre Dame in favor of applying to Texas A&M.
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Dear Hotel, you didn’t make my room. Now you tell me that housekeeping has gone home for the day, and you could give me fresh linens and I can make my own room. I don’t think so. (I did insist by talking to the manager and they did eventually make the room). I pay good money for a hotel room and expect at least the minimum of service (room cleaning!)
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Breaking up with him was the right thing to do. There were various minor concerns, but when he told you he didn’t want you to communicate with a certain person, that rises to the level of serious control-issue red flag. I didn’t want to alarm you or tell you what to do, but I couldn’t stop myself from urging you to end it sooner than later.
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You sit there and criticize every little thing for the past 7 years but yet have lifted a finger to help in a bit. You can go kick rocks!
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DH and I really wanted to enjoy a “fun” meal out with our neice, who is only 4 years youger than I am, and nephew, who is hysterical. They are a fun couple. They invited SIL and BIL to come a long (her mother and father). SIL began complaining before her butt even hit the seat and continued through the entire meal. It was not fun.
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Got a very unexpected text from middle son late yesterday informing me he is shopping for engagement rings and is planning the proposal sometime close to Christmas. He’s got the elaborate proposal all planned out. Who is this kid??? My techy California kid is going to get married!!! I am thrilled to soon be able to post on the thread title I’ve longingly looked at for the last 10 years or so about “Wedding Moms and Dads” Hooray for me, I’m part of another group!!!
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Stop signs are not optional! Especially when there are pedestrians in the crosswalk!!!
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I just want to get on the plane and have everything be okay. I think my airport anxiety has sucked every ounce of fun out of this trip. Thank goodness for you answering all my dumb questions without saying “mom, you need to relax” even once. Bless your kind and generous heart.
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Mom, you created a lot of division and bitterness in your family. But you aren’t the one living with it, are you?
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In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you. -Jesus, Matt 7:12
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