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"Not only did I find the linked article a (you'll excuse the term) gripping read, but there is another article in the sidebar -- To Hug a Porcupine which deals with horrific failings in the Florida Foster Care system, and one couple who adopted three..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by availablelight, Jody Tresidder
2 days ago
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"Can you cook? Or is there somewhere local you could buy a healthy "homemade" meal that could be frozen?
Food is traditional at times like this, and also helpful, since its difficult to have time to cook and/or shop.
If it were me,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by taff, sondrialiac
13 days ago
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"Guys, its a nonproft ("NPO"). They likely don't have an HR department like you see in the corporate world, and a lot of what is being described here is playing fast and loose with donor money (either individual donors or grants or perhaps..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Miko, goingonit, sondrialiac
2 weeks ago
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"There is a new president who has outlined quarterly reviews for the ED. We are unsure of how to approach her---she's highly qualified and very professional though.
Approach her professional to professional. Contact her office and make an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by By The Grace of God
2 weeks ago
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"I guess I'll offer a different perspective than that which is available to most people here.
I grew up in the house my grandparents grew up in, and I still own that house and hope that in a few years I'll be able to organize my life in such a way..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"A couple of thoughts here:
- Its fairly common for women who have previously given a child up for adoption or who are otherwise out of touch with a family member (like a parent) to have the urge to try to "make contact" after the birth..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
3 weeks ago
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"Fat Girl Answering here:
Two answers above ring true with me:
"She deserves to be with someone who thinks she's beautiful"
and
Once I am attracted to someone's mind & heart their exterior becomes a thing of beauty in a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ifjuly
4 weeks ago
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"One thing you don't mention is snuggling.
My suggestion: stop trying to have sex with her for an entire month. Just put it out of your mind. Work instead on touching her in non-sexual, but snuggly and comforting, ways. Put your arm around..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CorporateHippy
Last month
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""I made 'Bo Diddley' in '55, they started playing it, and everybody freaked out. Caucasian kids threw Beethoven into the garbage can."
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favorited 1 time, recently by sleepy pete
Last month
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"I'm late, but maybe this will still be helpful:
-- The Things Everyone Does --
+ Walk around the Old Port. "The Old Port" is roughly the area between Temple St and Pearl St (side to side) and Congress to Commercial (top to bottom),..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Floydd
Last month
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"As a parent, I think a lot about this.
Yes, I would have no second thoughts about moving into this house.
There are "sex offenders" and pedophiles in every neighborhood, every city and town in America. The biggest risk to your..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by anildash, TomMelee, terrynutkins, lia
Last month
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'People are machines of forgetfulness'
favorited 18 times, recently by Slap*Happy, Kronos_to_Earth, emmling, darkripper, RedEmma, timshel, Pollomacho, Joey Michaels, mike3k, pantufla, Alex404, ewagoner, johnj, dyoneo, Dolukhanova, bluenausea, acro, idiomatika
Last month
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""Thanks so much for the clarification. I appreciate your time and feedback and look forward to meeting with you on [day] to further discuss the position."
Leave out the "I won't make that mistake again part"...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by anansi, k8t, Gucky
Last month
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"What I remember most is a battered tricycle they had on display in a glass case.
Shin's Tricycle
The Father's Story
A children's book (also called Shin's Tricycle -- from the Publisher's Weekly review in the Amazon link: "The narrator..." [
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2 months ago
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Best of Wikipedia?
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2 months ago
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"Beware of geeks bearing gifts.
Nah.
I asked this question and not only did a user go above and beyond to get me a video file that solved the problem, but kindall sent my baby boy a stuffed Tivo-guy (Flickr video there) which my son is totally..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Anything, Rhaomi
2 months ago
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"There is no way I'd approve of a male teacher hugging my male sons. I don't know about other parents, but I don't like any men touching my children who are not close family (even my boss of 10 years). Maybe that makes me paranoid, but either way I..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by grouse, MythMaker, Space Kitty, cotterpin, 5MeoCMP, redfisch, schyler523, davar, flibbertigibbet
2 months ago
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"This headline just turned up on Yahoo news:
Windows XP going off market in June." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yohko
2 months ago
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"Anon, you have a lot of good answers here already, but I'm just going to chime in and say that I sense from the tone and phrasing of your question that you're fairly shocked and might even think that what your son did was somehow deviant or abnormal...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by hulahulagirl, mdn, scody
2 months ago
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"Maybe a life of public transport, but slavery?!? Don't make a mockery of the word.
The problem being, of course, that existing public transport is poor to nonexistent in most parts of the US, and even if the money from your gas tax were to go..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by oaf
2 months ago
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"Frog, friend,
through history you hopped
and danced dodging dinosaurs toes
you rode Gondwana on its mighty shift
and stayed hidden, gemlike
through ice and fire and iron
ages
Now found! Valued, rare, mysterious -
Have we lost all..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by anastasiav
2 months ago
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"He did not say he would do any cultures.
Did he swab your skin or otherwise take any sort of sample (gauze pad, blood draw, anything?). If he did not, then the culture is probably not yours, since there wouldn't be anything to run the culture on...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by FlyingMonkey
3 months ago
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"I haven't watched this and I'm not going to (I already know and yet I don't need to know), but I do want to highlight the what is happening to these children now link that elpapacito posted above. This documentary was first shown in November 2007..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Wilder, Jilder
3 months ago
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"In high school (this would have been in the early '80s - I believe the original D&D was published in 1974, so it had been around for nearly a decade by the time we found it during the Regan Era), a friend described his role-playing books and..." [
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3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Very nice post.
The "news" here, really, is twofold
- The fund has never paid out on a claim for an autism spectrum disorder, so (whatever the underlying cause of the child's final disorder) that is news.
- The idea that at least..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by pearlybob, BinGregory, Balisong, Sailormom, ShawnStruck, peep, Fennel B., padraigin
3 months ago
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"nyxxxx, I'm really glad you stepped up and asked your questions. I hope that you can understand that part of what's going on in this discussion is that you're asking questions about things that have no real answers - because they are questions about..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mosessis
4 months ago
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"I'm a little late to the party, but I've been thinking over my answer for a couple of days.
After my son was born, we needed to have a much more stable dinner routine. In helping us get there, three resources, more than anything else, have helped..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
4 months ago
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"Congratulations!
Wow. Two weeks old is, in my experience, far too young for such a routine to make much of a difference. Babies that young are more-or-less driven by their desire for a) food; and b) warmth/love/companionship. Day and night are..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by annapanna, Capri, pomegranate, sondrialiac, umbú, rumposinc, mosk
4 months ago
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"allkindsoftime does highlight some great organizations who can assist people in need a bit farther down in that post, but I'll take the chance to plug one more here:
Safe Passage is a wonderful organization that assists families who are living in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hadjiboy
4 months ago
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"I've been thinking about you all day.
Do everything you can to keep lines of communication open - if you have to use the "I want to check in and see how [son] is doing" then feel free to do so, but I agree with the others upthread who..." [
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4 months ago
