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I didn't start from the bottom and I'm sure af not going to end here. I'm not going to let people light the world I love on fire and just do nothing.
I don't feel helpless anymore. I feel angry, motivated, inspired. And I'm becoming everything they tried to destroy. I'm becoming happy.

Necessity, meet Mother.

Household adjustments are being made to make son's life a little easier. Given that my gentle giant will be wearing a back brace for a few months, even minor bending to lift the toilet lid was a hardship. Lid stays down to protect Diego the Cat from misadventure.

4-ply acrylic worsted (6 sc tube), 2 wood popsicle sticks, duct tape. Voila!

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A wise friend said, "I haven't given up on anyone who hadn't already given up on me."

I keep thinking about that.

Ooh! There are two pairs of cardinals nesting along the tree line this spring! 🙂

'A Rare Nova Explosion Will Soon Bring a ‘New Star’ to the Night Sky—How to Catch a Glimpse' ..... (I'm looking forward to this!)

smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

A while back, I took a Mental Health First Aid course. I learned a *lot* from it. As with physical first aid, it's not about diagnosing or curing, it's about identifying signs that someone may be in trouble, and what steps you can take to help them in the immediate moment until they can get professional help.

mentalhealthfirstaid.org/

Some intrepid CoSonauts who are far better at math than us have done, well, the math.

A Pro account costs a scant $0.17 per day.

Seventeen pennies.

We can't think of anything that provides better value than that.

counter.social/supportcoso.htm

The past two days were so physically taxing and mentally stressful that my son and I agreed to wait until Monday before dealing with insurance or medical professionals. After he was discharged from the hospital yesterday, we managed to retrieve important items from his wrecked car. Airbag didn't even deploy. It's a miracle he wasn't more severely injured or killed. Nothing but relief and gratitude, believe it. 💖

Find this helpful, and true, for most chronic illness/pain patients.

Did the pandemic change our personalities?

Recent study spanning the first two years of the pandemic broadly explores shifts in the Big Five traits.

bps.org.uk/research-digest/did

PSA - In order to squeeze ourselves into compliance with Google Play Stores new policies regarding moderation tools availability, we've added FLAG icons to EVERY SINGLE POST, and also EVERY USER PROFILE.

Below are screenshots reflecting that and also what you see as a user when you click a flag icon, and what we see process-wise at the backend.

We hope to have our app back in the Google Play Store expeditiously.

cc: @googleplay @th3j35t3r

Thanks, everyone. So... Thoracic compression fractures. Ffs. He might be staying overnight since there's not a licensed PT on call rn to fit his brace. Honestly, kiddo staying overnight might not be a bad thing, y'know, just in case.

If one had asked my son or I how either of us wanted to spend this evening, being in the emergency department was certainly not on that list. Apparently he had a nasty accident while driving home from work. All he remembers is coming to, here in the hospital. He's drifting in & out, has an obvious knot on his noggin, and it looks like the seatbelt nearly broke the skin on his neck. Only thing we know for sure is that he does have a wrist fracture. For now, we wait.

A recent government survey reports that people are more cynical these days than any time in history. Like I'm really supposed to believe that…

Attended a local friend's 40th celebration and happily discovered that "Capture the Flag" is still going strong. This aging banner is from my 1st Ozarks hg in West Plains, MO. It was a 2 hour round-trip to attend meetings/events. Good times. 💖

(hint: bottom, beneath B & O)

Halle-freakin'-lujah - they're finally here!

Tomorrow's appointment to have them ground and set into my frames can't come soon enough. 😅

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