A longtime friend isn't doing well health-wise. She's been in and out of the hospital and been seeing specialists....so far, no answers.

A woman who is a member of an online group that I am in committed suicide. So sad.

my typically stoic stepfather....

he became very emotional when he described a very vivid dream he had about my late cousin....

I'm really enjoying my time off; however, I can't help but to have thoughts of someone very dear to me and whom I am missing a great deal. This time would have been even more special if we could have shared some of it.

finding my late dog Cricket's hair in my car.....still....after2 months without her....wow 2 months....

and

knowing at some point I wont find them at all any more.....and thats as close to touching her as I can get now.....

i am fortunate enough to have a supervisor that i admire and consider a mentor...she has been pre occupied for the past 19 months caring for her father who was battling pancreatic cancer...after working with her for almost 10 years and her brother for about a year...i see that it takes a special man to create this "family"...this is why it makes me very sad that their dad passed on tuesday...rip...the legacy of great fathers are seen in their children :)

Most holidays make me sad but the 4th is usually not one of them until this year. It saddened me bcs I am currently living with my bio-family and while we had dinner together, I had to cook after all, when it got dark enough for the fun part of the holiday I came out of my room to discover that everyone was gone. I think it bothered me the most bcs they didn't ask or tell me that they were going out to do a family thing which I would have understood. So of course today I had to torture myself all day with every 4th that my family celebrated without me for whatever reason when I was a lid and things like that mattered more than anything.

Another death in the family. Another road trip home...Another season of mourning...this one hurts like hell.

I am so sorry LoyalWolfsBlade. That was hurtful and they should be ashamed of themselves.

My ex-girlfriend broke up with me today. She said I was too emotional to be the 'man' in a relationship....

It is a shame
 

It isn't often that you can find a partner who can express emotions. I am sorry that this wonderful trait was used against you.

Sounds like someone didn't realize how hard it is to come by a great trait. Wearing your heart on your sleeve isn't gender specific.

Having to pack and drive home for the funeral. Alone.

I can do it.

I'm just not motivated enough right now to get it done. I usually love the drive...

my friend who only had a few months to live...then a few weeks....passed this morning

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Two little brothers from a foster home - one 2, the other 5. Watching them eat as much food as they can get, as fast as they can get it, everyday at school. Hearing the other teachers comment on how much weight the 2-year-old has lost. Listening to the 2-year-old tell me, "Mommy is in jail all day." Finding out that when the little brother gets in trouble, the older brother says, "Now you're not going to get food." Wondering what all really goes on in these foster homes.

I had to say goodbye to my laptop. It has always been good to me. Never crashed, was a constant companion. Off warranty:readfineprint:

took it into bestbuy and the motherboard died. left it there for them to recycle. I have learned to put everything of importance these days on either dropbox or One Drive.