Patrice PowersBarker

Promoting family life education, a healthy local food system, practicing mind-body exercises & smart household spending plans #FCSfierce

[Patrice PowersBarker @PowersBarker1]

@NicoleLewisLCSW A lot of art and images in white churches depict Jesus, family & followers as white. That gives the visual lesson that white is the worldwide default.

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@gatx_negrx All of a sudden I have country song “Fancy like” Applebees going through my head 😂

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@msschaller_fcs @oafcs Thanks @msschaller_fcs

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@MarySop832 @DystopianMagic @AubryAndrews I wondered the same 😳

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@FrunkisCB @Russwarne @fakehistoryhunt My grandad was a child when they came. In Ireland the family name was Power. It’s been Powers in the US.

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@tamisawyer https://t.co/j9OWrqAyyR

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@grayandrainbows @blackforager It’s magical!

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@angieinlibrary @EAwaah My kiddo would always need a pencil just to take his shoe off 😂

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@gretchhappens @GBBranstetter I had to recolor the jack & Jill page with a green hill. My kindergarten teacher didn’t like my brown dirt hill 😂

[Marica Cox Mitchell @mcoxmitchell]

Telling early childhood educators to practice “self-care” w/out giving them what they’ve asked for (like planning time, wellness & PD days, compensation & benefits, autonomy & respect) is gaslighting. Ain’t no amount of candles & tea will do what policies & public $ ought to do.

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@slhattersley @thatfurrylife @MellyMelly10977 @BrianneKohl Back in the day of home answering machines, a client wanted to know why she was listed as Linda VanHolligan on our sign list. Turns out her answering machine said “You’ve reached Linda and the holligans” (referring to her pets) and my colleague thought it was her last name.

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@Drosera91 @itsnashflynn My kiddo made banana muffins like that. They looked and smelled beautiful. We called them ocean water.

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@jessmaynecook @itsnashflynn My hubby did the opposite with taco salad. He couldn’t find the cumin so he substituted cinnamon.

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@AltafSaadiMD And time and money saved for a slim travel budget. And, like you said, family responsibilities.

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@CoyOCSSteam @Coy_Rams We need one of those!

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@morgan_does @RLaker84 @sarahhartshorne I had to give myself a pep talk when I got the geriatric label. My grandma had her first child in her early 20s. But she also had 10 children in 18 years. I would remind myself “grandma had a healthy pregnancy and baby at your age, you’ve got this”

[Liam Ball @Liam_Ball92]

Don't usually ask this but it would be nice as a Christmas present to get 10k followers before the new year. Here's some of my favourite pics taken in 2021.

[Rowenna Miller is Probably Not Here @RowennaM]

USPS was like “2021 was rough how can we make it better”

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@skwinnicki I didn’t know that I would be a birder but I have such happy memories of being at my grandparents house in the summer and watching the birds and other wildlife with them. Thanks for reminding me!

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@Ayeameyerene @Afro_Herper @DrLMTurner IKR I got to find one!