No advice but only want to let you know a lot of us have been there, and it’s the worst thing when your parents are seriously ill. The only good thing about it is if you can consider how incredibly essential your presence is to your dad, and your difficult mom, at this point in their lives. When I was going through…

I work with people with disabilities, and the level of familial support is really varied as you could imagine. But, to your point, society in general have such low expectations for my students, one could argue that that ingrained belief is the biggest barrier to employment and community integration for people with…

That’s a great story. Your family needs to work on their listening skills, just saying.

Wow: lichen? In the house? And also, re: roommate stores fecal waste from cat in bedroom (in case he needs it one day, you never know). My brother owns an historic home in central Phx. He owns two actually, but the 2nd one has always been a rental/investment property. I vividly remember seen the huge pile of dog poop…

Adding him on Insta now, this very minute. I think I had read about the academic background before, but didn’t know about the animal rescuing. Honestly, if you’re rolling in the do rey mi, why not use your millions for doing good? I would, after I buy that flat in London, Edinburgh, NYC, Santa Cruz. And a ranch in…

Her mothering role model, is it Angelina or Madonna???

That’s some phtoshop, tRump!

Intro-vert, I’m not sure. In-bred, now that seems quite apparent and very believable. 

Yes and YES! I had to check the credits to verify.

No, at the senior center. He plays ‘Abe’.

Watching ‘Dead to Me’ right now, it’s great! Bonus: Ed Asner!!

:-0  Hmm. Something else weird about Belfast, and btw I have a friend at work from Northern Ireland, so no disrespect meant. But as an American, and an older one at that, I had a bit of trouble adjusting to driving on the opposite side of the road. Given that, the lack of road signage in Belfast nearly defeated me. If…

I wish I could have stayed longer. Loved the Botanical Gardens (depicted in ‘The Fall’. And which I could have hung out longer at the university.

I loved that series though I know it was criticized for its violence against women. Still, as an American I was completely enthralled with the Belfast and Ireland settings. “It’s the Shankill” comment motivated my curiosity to research that part of Belfast. Plus, Gillian Anderson is an amazing actor, as were the other…

Amaze balls. Just goes to show, you never know. Glad things are going your way for a change and hope that trend continues for a good long time. 

I have had this experience with a relative more than once, but never so well articulated it. “What the fuck my dude.” And “traumatized” really describes the experience very very well. My late aunt would just completely shut down when she was dehydrated--every system and organ in her body would fail. Scared the shite…

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God, those are lovely! I can smell them from here!!

I’m very sorry for your loss but I’m so very glad to learn you were with your father up until his last moments. In that way he was fortunate. As for the financial inheritance, I hope you can reach out for advice at a later date. I have some experience with this kind of “good problem to have”, and feel my advice could…

Oh, god. LOOK at that face!! <3 boxer puppies over all other puppies although heaven knows puppies are the best things in life!! <3 I also love ‘fuck you’ pieces and ‘fuck you’ events. Sometimes there is justice. Amen Sister!