G'Morn? 😅 Been in a mental slump I guess. Can't focus on things I should; Hubs/I have to keep each other going & strong; he's got lots bothering him as well. Faith keeps us knowing we're still Blessed & Faith keeps us from... hmmm 🤔 smacking people who don't understand what we're going through! 👵🏽🤣
Ugh. Was going to bed & thought of you all. Just typing this makes me feel better; had to vent. Pay my rambling no mind; yeah we've got probs, but who doesn't! Dragons sometimes need to let ♨️ out 😁

🤷🏽‍♀️After 17yrs of marriage, today's not much different than any other day together, except the fact that we actually love each other more than the day we married! Through ups, downs, even the sideways days, we've learned the art of respect & compromise. w/o those, a couple can't thrive as a whole. He's thrilled I'm home, not away as I've been all wk; I'm thrilled too; one of my biggest joys is cooking him a meal he craves. Lots of the younger generation are all about gifts; we enjoy each other❤️

G'Morn! Screaming for yrs; finally being validated; told things I already knew were real & also mind boggling things that I don't remember. It may take awhile to find out all I need to know. The floodgates have opened & my insatiable thirst for this knowledge, is now consuming my 🧠 Not in a negative way, but in the way a student'sl fixated on a subject that intrigues them.

Got other things going on running me bonkers 😅 kids, G'kids, yada yada, but Blessed to be alive once more❣️Enjoy ya day😘

G'Morn! New Granddaughter! 6lbs 6oz. Born mostly healthy; still a bit of fluid in body, & being monitored for blood sugars & jaundice stuff, but back into normal ranges as of last evening. Mom's in extra pain/bleeding, but doing better too; up by self moving around a bit; my baby dragon!

#prayerrequest both continue to improve & that I don't pass out trying to help care for! Thanks for all your prayers; had she gone back home & stayed(Dr sent her to ER, she left), baby wouldn't have survived😲

Our assigned voting place is literally a couple of small blocks away, within walking or 1 minute driving distance. If we vote early, we have to go to places way across town.

We'll wait

Happy #caturday 😽 See ya later; just thinking of ya! New G'baby in 3 weeks! 10mo old's teething. 5yr old's in an 'I don't wanna' stage. 6yr old Autistic Grand's doing well, but has become totally obsessed with the charge level on everyone's devices, as well as numbers; he's our 'Charging Police'. 7yr old has completely changed for the better, but still super-hyper. 12yr old'll be a teen in @ a month; decided she has a 'boo'.

I babysat all of them this week! Why couldn't my kids just get a cat?🤣

Greetings Fam!❤️

Just saw dude in car pull up & add office chair left on curb to the top of his...hmm...🤔is this even called a car at this point??🤣

Enjoy your day!

#lifeinthehood

Good Morning ☕! This applies to all of ya:

Breathe in savoring O², then out, slowly; imagine exhaling all things angering ya, things ya wanna stop feeling, things ya imagine won't change. While doing it, imagine someone worse off, w/more problems, w/less than ya, w/more tears. How would ya encourage them?

People do that on COSO; encourage others. At least, most days, most do. We're here to talk stuff out, share stuff, & spread voluntary sunshine.

If ya need more, PLEASE also see a professional; it's💯ok to do so🌹

📞988 if emergency

Happy #caturday! Up since 4:30 👂 to scanner, and, sipping coffee, while listening to drunk neighbors up the street who've been partying all dern night b....

Pardon. Had to stop mid-post; as I walked onto porch, ☕ in hand, heard a gunshot, a man yelling "Put the gun down!" and a woman laughing hysterically.

Sitting in house listening instead. Seems to be the wisest option 😜 No cops'll come; too busy at the ⛽ station further up the street that's being robbed🤦‍♀️

#lifeinthehood

#cosoart
#AIart

Sitting around watching TV, off to bed soon; Gabapentin is more like a sleeping pill than for pain, to me; ugh

Untitled #cosopoetry; one of my '5 minute poems' I do when thinking too hard & bored & just gotta throw thoughts on paper🤔(cellphone notes actually, because, technology 😜)

inspired by @Lingitta ; ya got me thinking ❤️

Seeing terrified young kids jumping out of windows because, gunman, UPSET me & reminded me of 9-11 & my cousin shot dead this year.To be so fearful for life that ya gotta jump or run to have a chance to live, is just not right. I pray these students will mend emotionally from this. I pray the Professor's family heals as well.
Hoping none here had kids there!? My Uncle retired as a🏈 team cook. He ❤️that school.

We're TIRED of shootings; we lost fam to gun violence (his Grand, my cuz) this year

Left: marks on cheek from hernia pressing on him entire pregnancy. Right: screenshot, not video.

His name's A'Lias (uh-lie-us as in Elias; spelled way kiddo wanted, starting w "A" like other 2 kids; RN came up w/spelling).

Drs said actually saved her life; kept hernia away from liver. 1st said hernia was cancerous & liver possibly damaged. At C-section Dr found out baby's position kept...I don't remember details right now, but he saved her life according to Drs & Nurses. Ta-ta for now😘

Sigh. From happy memories to sadness in zero seconds flat is how I'm doing, then back to old Photos & videos & thinking of my happiest joyful times with him. Hearing that laughte as he ran from my constant taking photos/videos of fam he knows I take when they're off guard. I'm so glad I caught each those moments and can share w/the SAME fam that ALWAYS fusses because I photo them all the time😂

Being here w/you all also helps with the happy mood. Thank you ALL for the love I get here💟CoSo is:

As night has fallen
With day long gone
Rest you, rest you
Until the dawn

With pillows calling
May sleep come soon
Rest you, rest you
In your cocoon

May you stay Blessed
Throughout the night
Rest you, rest you
Till morning light

#cosopoetry

Goodnight Dearies ❤️ Off to bed soon!

If for want of words
You feel you shouldn't speak
A hug will do the same
It's love that others seek

If for want of words
Your point is not conveyed
A smile will do the same
A gesture has been made

If for want of words
Silent you remain
An I love you is lost
That would've eased the pain

Don't be afraid to reach out to those suffering and in need. Hugs, smiles, & simple 'I love yous' are what you would need in their boots. Share ya heart, share ya love. Free to give, free to get

#cosopoetry

Merry? Christmas! Feeling Bah-hum-bug-ish, yet grateful for another day!

So cold...I've grown to hatecold w/out snow around

Was 5° ystrdy morn & the power company did rolling blackouts w/o ample warning.
We received a notice THIS morn at 8😡Although so far we've escaped that fate & our house is🥶(but way better than outside) my Mom-in-Law's Senior Citizen/Disabled apartment building was affected for @ 3hrs ystrdy. Said all she could do was🙏🏽for it to hurry back on.

Stay warm & enjoy today!♥️

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Good Morning Dearies❤️☕☕☕

Happy #caturday 😻

Lol; so excited forgot the screenshot, unless it just won't load? Rules. Hope not breaking one🙏