I had always played casually as a kid. I had an NES that I would just fiddle with and my cousins all shared a Sega Genesis. But I distinctly remember what really hooked me on games. When I was 13, my cousin brought his copy of Final Fantasy X to our grandparents' house. I watched…Â
Our school has a half day before winter break. This has always been the case. One year, a parent didn't show up to pick up her child. I teach special education and this particular kid really thrived on routines and predictability and can get anxious and aggressive when things change.…Â
When my wife and I took our son to the store, the cashier asked whose he was. We said "Both of ours. he's our son." Her response? "No."
????? As if we were somehow lying? There was no follow up, either! Just no.
My 3 year old was playing with his toys near the dog crate. One toy got "captured" and put in the crate and my son said, in a high voice: "help me, help me." Then he lowered his voice and had another toy say: "Your friends can't hear you..."
Beloved by Mumford And Sons
"And as you leave
You must know you are beloved
And as you leave
I can see the wild has come for you
And as you leave
I won't hold you back beloved
And as you leave
See my children playing at your feet"…Â
I stopped when numbers ran my life. I saw numbers on the scale, numbers on the food labels, numbers of steps, and numbers of my weekly/daily intake. When I started paying attention to myself, I lost 25 pounds without even realizing it. (And I only knew that because the doc requires…Â
Just to put this out there- I'm actually adopting and I'm definitely pro-choice. You can be both. I can hope for a woman to bless us with a baby AND recognize that she has the choice not to have the baby at all.
It's not really a difficult concept to grasp.
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