I’ll add that when something tragic occurs for a friend or family member (ex: a friend’s spouse unexpectedly died very young) ask them what they need from you and what they want from others.

This is so timely. I have a question about comparing fake news (that is made up) and websites that are incredibly biased (left or right) that purport to be a news site when they are actually an advocacy group/news commentary site.

I’m handling it by just not going back to Texas and staying with the liberal in-laws on the East Coast for the holidays.

It is really terrible that you even have to think about it, but I’ll say from personal experience that it is so important to talk about it and to have an open trusting relationship with your son. I went to a public school in Texas and every student knew that a history teacher/girls soccer coach was abusing girls and…

I’m hoping when I get it replaced in a few years, now that I know what to expect, I can be more prepared and try to focus on deep breathing/relaxing instead of hulk-raging. It gives me hope others had less painful experiences!

The UTI would be because somehow the yeast infection or other bacteria got into your urethra. The only way this may be related is if somehow they didn’t properly steralize your cervix before insertion (you may have had a yeast infection flying under the radar, so to speak) or some of their equipment was not sterile.…

Bring this up with your doctor because the hormonal IUDs can be different from oral contraceptives and coming off of oral contraceptives and moving to an IUD can cause hormal acne flare ups as your body adjusts.

You are so fortunate. I’m totally on the IUD train, but holy hell it was the worst pain I have ever experienced (and I’ve had a cyst burst!). I took a prescription pain killer before hand and I still yelled and nearly kicked my doctor in the face. Adrenaline kicked in, so I was literally shaking for 10 minutes after…

I use Blue Buffalo’s walnut shell litter. Almost no dust and it’s a by-product of shelling walnuts. Although, other friend’s cats were more picky about texture. There is corn based litter (but I worry about the sugar in corn if you have a cat that gets crystals or is diabetic since they will clean the dust off of…

My experience is if your litter box smells it is because 1) your cat is sick, 2) you aren’t cleaning the litter box nearly as often as you should, 3) you aren’t changing out the litter often enough.

Whole foods usually has at least one type, and it is usually in an obscure part of the refrigerated section. Sometimes it’s by the milk and sometimes it’s by the tofu. I haven’t seen it at Trader Joe’s unfortunately.

Your stories are so touching. Truly. It has been so kind and wonderful to hear other people’s experiences.

Found it! http://jezebel.com/this-is-the-story-of-the-two-times-my-father-came-face-1738822590 

I actually found it much faster than I thought I could http://jezebel.com/this-is-the-story-of-the-two-times-my-father-came-face-1738822590 

I am going to look for it! I’ll post when I find it

I don’t, but I will look for it when I get a moment!

That so perfectly describes how my dream felt. Eerie yet calm is so on point. I wish I could remember the things she told me. I know I was there, but it’s like that part of the dream is on mute. Hopefully, I’ll remember it at some point.

I want to hear every story about your grandmother!

It’s hard for me to rationalize how it happens, but I’ve had several other instances. Once a woman about my mom’s age appeared and wrote her name on a price of paper (spelled Karen as “kaeran”) and told me to tell my mom she has a love family. I called her the next day asked if she knew a Kaeran and turns out it was…

This is such a sweet story. I think  my dad was there because my grandmother knew I would never believe it was real otherwise.