A family member is a prof at Vanderbilt. In her experience, the community has been welcoming. She is a religious, but not racial, minority. She had a harrowing personal experience (nothing to do with the school) shortly after moving there from the west coast, and the college community was extremely supportive and…

You're welcome!

Prosecco is a sparkling white wine, and it is very, very tasty.

Lorraine Saracen

I like the idea of a gritty remake. How about a Strawberry Shortcake with (pun not intended!) seedy undertones?

I have the exact same disappointed reaction in Kimber's hair color (and Shana's skin color).

Seconded.

Whoa, and I have great hair! Super-connected!

You should feel proud, that's awesome!

One of my favorite things to do with my mom is complete the sunday NYT puzzle together. We've got awesome complementary skills - I'm up on pop culture and great at surmising words given very few letters, and she knows all the classic puzzle tropes and gets the historical references. A match made in heaven!

young readers ftw! a tangential favorite fact:
my older siblings taught me how to play madlibs before i entered kindergarten, and i thought they were the best things ever. i took them to kindergarten and tried to teach my friends to play...
they just weren't ready. but they learned! :)

I'm almost like that. Cool under pressure, nauseated after... but not all the way to the barf zone ;)

I can be considered the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th kid in my family.
Blended families are pretty common with younger generations, but I'm an old.
I'm my parents' first kid together, my dad's second kid, my mom's third, and all together, the 4th.

Never!

I love that combination, and I have some orange carrot popsicles in the freezer...yum.

You can absolutely do this. You have a great plan, you're allowing yourself to feel your feelings, and you're going to get through this.
You live in a really beautiful place.

ink

Beautiful!

I'm so sorry. Fuck cancer. It fucking sucks.

If he's a professional, this shouldn't be a problem. My tattoo has great personal meeting, but could seem insipid. My artist never made me feel bad about it ;)