I likely took this from someone here, so - thank you!

Happy Caturday.

@LnzyHou @Ironworker229 @Tattoomonkey29

Amen. Who wants someone who can't suck it up enough to be there for 'the person you love the most'? No spine. No character.

@sazemisery

🤣 that's a good one.

@Jennifelroy

Mine did, too. But when I have time to volunteer again, I'll probably offer my time to the local high school.

@Jennifelroy

I was a musical theater mom. Those kids are amazing!

TBT

I chaired the raffle for SleuthFest (the FMWA's annual writers conference) for 9 years before becoming Co-Chair of the whole shebang the following 4 years.

This was 2014 in Orlando. I miss those days and lots of those people.

Treasure every day you get.

@Finkle

That's adorable. 😀

@thedisasterautist

Good lord. There is no bottom to the stupidity.

@SnelsetterFarm

Congratulations! I'm still trying to get mine in a row. 🤣

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I love this strip. 😜

@CinnamonGirlE

Ooh. Cute. I'll remember that for next year, when I live near my grands!

@thewebrecluse

Ah. Probably correct, there.

@thewebrecluse

That's amazing for a 7th grader! Damn.

@thewebrecluse

And I made sure my kids did not have friends who were racist, and I'll make sure my grandchildren are aware, too.

@thewebrecluse

Oh, I do try. When I lived in Atlanta, it was rampant. When the white neighbor lady (parent of one of my kids' friends) told me she wasn't sending her son to the public middle school because 'those people' went there, I went off on her.

I stopped speaking to an old friend from high school after she called Obama a 'porch monkey'. Shit you not. My jaw dropped, and she was genuinely surprised that I took offense.

It's a deeply, deeply rooted thing. (con't)

@thewebrecluse

as he watched any black or brown ppl on TV were always there. Even as a teenager, I noticed the comments never were about white ppl, no matter how gross they were.

My mom made sure we knew who MLK was & how he was a great person. But her comments about black co-workers were sometimes brutal.

With my parents, it was ingrained from the time they were kids.

@thewebrecluse

Well, being a white person & coming from parents who firmly believed they were NOT AT ALL racist, I think I can explain the weird hoops their subconscious jumps through?

My dad made derogatory comments about black & brown people all the time, also about Jews. But he adored my Jewish best friend in high school, so he couldn't possibly be a bigot, right? He also loved my black friend who lived on the next street - and her family. But the disparaging comments (con't)

This explains why I was sooo cold when I visited France in May (some years back).

@altamaha

Wow. Some of those are fantastic!
Happy Monday!