My son is anaphylactic and when I read about these advancements in the possible cure for peanut allergies all I can do is repeat "oh thank god sweet Jesus" over and over in my head. And I don't even believe in god. The stress we have on a daily level involving food is enormous. We've adapted but if I stop to think…

I can see the gif!

Yes! Yes! Love the January Jones outfit too! I was just talking to my daughter about how I like clothes from the 80's and 90's for women. More comfortable, less skin showing and also it seemed more unisex to me. I don't have a problem with showing skin but I do think it's ok to not show everything, a little mystery in…

You can complain with me about it. It's basically absurd she got 0 noms and also that I haven't heard any of the songs from Electric Lady on the radio here in Austin. What is wrong?! Is there some sort of conspiracy here?!

Real mindfulness would be wonderfully beneficial to our whole world. Unfortunately I can not help but be a little jaded about the motivation behind this CEO/celebrity appropriation of mindfulness. It's my gut feeling that like so much of our pop culture, for them it will be used up and discarded the moment another new…

We won't shop at Walmart and haven't in at least 15 years for the same reasons I disagree wholeheartedly with McDonald's treatment of their workers, low wages and the promotion of applying for food stamps. However yesterday we ate at McDonalds because we had to. We have food allergies to peanuts and inolerances to…

No I don't think grief ever goes away. And I suspect it doesn't really lessen either. I think we just gradually get used to the gaping hole in our hearts and that becomes the norm once we accept it. I'm happily remarried. I feel absolutely blessed to have met someone who loves me as bruised as I am. But even now I…

I am so sad to hear about your husband. I don't know what's worse, a quick death or a slow one. They're both awful but in different ways. I sincerely wish you peace and if you can't have that, some good rest. All I can say is be excellent to yourself. And you're not alone. My husband lasted 17 months after resection…

I'm sorry. Brain cancer is the suckiest bunch of suck that ever sucked.

God what a shock you must have felt. I'm sorry. Cancer is a bitch. After my hubs died the massage therapist that helped him through chemo got diagnosed with lung cancer (never smoked) and died in less than 5 months. It's bullshit.

Because then we finally know the ending. And we can let that fear go.
I wish we could all live like that every day.

Christ. Fucking brain cancer.
I was just saying this on the grief story below. Hubs died 8 years ago from anaplastic astrocytoma and glioma stage IV. It's a bullshit disease. The funniest, sharpest, quickest, smartest, feistiest guy I ever knew and I watched him lose everything in 17 months. It's awful, I wouldn't wish…

We don't eat it anymore and I don't miss it, not even a little bit!

Thank you. I agree, low quality carbs or over consumption of carbs in our diet when we were on food stamps did lead to increased hunger for sure. But try handing your child an avocado and a spoon for dinner. It doesn't go over well, ha ha!
We are lucky. We got out of poverty but it's not easy. And I married out of it…

Yes! Absolutely! This is what we experienced for the 6 or 7 years we used food stamps. Eating that way is depressing. And monotonous and lackluster. You can survive but you can not live well and for us it was a huge contributing factor to being overweight and unhealthy. Sure you can eat rice and lentils for a week or…

Former poor single mom here. More often than not the dinners I could afford for my children when we received food stamps were pasta, beans, rice. Basically carbs, carbs, carbs. They're cheap! Presumably because grains are subsidized in this country. But whatever the reason the fact remains that a ton of carbs and a…

Agree with corgis here. Marriage is marriage. And yeah, sometimes I can not ever loving stand the man! There are times when all we do is argue and can't stand each other. But those times pass, and we love each other again. It's always fluctuating. But with every year that passes, it becomes more worth it to stay. My…

Thank you kshortie and everyone who replied to me. I'm understanding now that we will just have to start trying different oils on the grandbaby and see how her hair does. I've spent the last few hours online and on YouTube and have learned enough to know I know nothing for caring for natural hair and now have a deep,…

Can I ask for some help? My new granddaughter is mixed (black and white) and has very curly hair. My daughter and I are white and we are really clueless on how to take care of her gorgeous little ringlets. She's 9 months old, what should/can we moisturize her hair with? I know we should be conditioning it but I don't…

Yay! A kindred spirit! I have been telling my son stories about the hobbits since we were in a long car ride when he was 3. The details and adventures distracted him. So this year he's 6 and we read The Hobbit and he understood it and retained it!!! Now I have someone to talk to about Middle Earth. I plan to re-read…