Debbie Faith Mickelson

Freelance/Children's PB and YA writer. #SCBWI and #12x12PB member. Book lover, math geek, and sushi junkie.

[Alex & Books 📚 @AlexAndBooks_]

Good News:

After 20 years of declining numbers, indie booksellers have come "roaring back."

There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were in 2020.

The American Booksellers Association membership has grown from 1,900 to 3,200.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Donald Trump called mail-in voting “mail-in cheating” on Monday. That same day, news broke that he just voted by mail in a Florida special election.

His polling place is a 15-minute drive from Mar-a-Lago.

He spent the last two weekends there.

He mailed it anyway.

He is now holding the entire country hostage to pass a bill making it harder for you to vote the way he just voted.

Shameless hypocrisy.
https://t.co/EHBpHtPg2a

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

By tying his voter suppression bill to the TSA funding, Trump is saying we’ll have long lines and TSA folks won’t get paid unless Republicans strip the ability to vote from millions of Americans.

It’s not voter ID. It’s voter suppression.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Calling Renee Good a domestic terrorist while pardoning 1600 Jan 6 rioters is an amazing level of BS.

[𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 @Finehairr_]

Pro Tip: When you sign up for anything online, put the website’s name as your middle name.

Now, when you receive spam, you will know who sold your data

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@Finehairr_ @authorblogger Brilliant!

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@Techz27 @PokemonGoApp BINGO!

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@JimmyEatWombat @PokemonGoApp Not helpful when I am now 900 over my item limit.

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@KangoSaunders @PokemonGoApp Yep they didn't think that through. It's not much of a bonus if I have to delete everything I just received.

[Ricky Davila @TheRickyDavila]

Please share. More important than ever.

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@faithpray7 Wow!

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@suzanne_young That's awesome! They did the LA thing and brought the excitement. How fun to get the European view, too!

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@suzanne_young I hope you could still enjoy it.

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@suzanne_young My feed is fine

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@suzanne_young I am

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@cwills1717 @kellygriff70 @BobbyWTSP @10TampaBay Is that by the Circle K?

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@PageTurnerLit Great book!

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This should never have happened. I am heartbroken for this family and all others who have to go through this.

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

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@LaurieThompson @SteamTeamBooks @abi @MLA That's wonderful! Congratulations