Tara

[NCTeachersinAction @NCTeachInAction]

World class education? The education system is crumbling! There’s no budget and teachers can’t survive. The average teacher pay in NC isn’t even enough for a livable wage!! Professionals should be treated as such and not like trash to take out.
THAT should be the broken record playing!

[Tara @Tarasgarris]

@SenatorBerger This is a joke, right?

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

For nine months, my wife, Brooklyn, carried our baby boy. And for nine months, we lived in a place between hope and heartbreak.

Early in the pregnancy, we learned something was terribly wrong. Around the three- to four-month mark, doctors told us our son had severe hydrocephalus — fluid building so rapidly in his brain that it pushed everything aside. They used to call it “water on the brain,” but the simplicity of the name didn’t soften the reality.

We were eventually referred to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where some of the best fetal specialists in the country met with us. And they gave us the kind of news no parent is ever prepared to hear.

His condition was so severe, so extreme, that they stopped measuring. There was no point, they said. The MRI images were devastating. We were told there was a greater than 90% chance our son would either:

• Die shortly after birth, or
• Survive with such profound cognitive impairment that life — real life — would not be possible.

We sat through meetings no parent should ever sit through. Conversations about breathing tubes. About how long to try. About the moment we might have to make the decision to let him go.

Brooklyn moved to Cincinnati to be close to the hospital. I drove back and forth — working, caring for our daughters Sophie and Lily, and trying to keep our home standing while our world felt like it was falling apart.

Then came July 8th.

Just 15 minutes before Brooklyn’s C-section, we sat with doctors again and discussed when — not if — we might have to remove life support and let our son go to heaven.

I don’t have words for that kind of pain.

And then — Charlie Edward Schnarr entered this world crying.

A strong, loud, defiant cry.

The most beautiful sound I have ever heard.

He stayed in the NICU until yesterday… and now we are home. Together. Holding him. Loving him. Watching him breathe. Watching him live.

He has mild ventricular enlargement we will keep an eye on — but otherwise?

He is thriving. Eating. Wiggling. Yawning. Gripping our fingers. Looking around at a world that was never supposed to be his.

The doctors have no explanation. They said his brain somehow cleared the blockage on its own — something none of them have seen in a case this severe. The word that kept echoing through the NICU from seasoned nurses and top specialists was the same:

“Miracle.”

“Divine intervention.”

They said it. Not us.

We know thousands of people — family, friends, coworkers, strangers — were praying for our son. I believe with everything in me that God heard those prayers. That He placed His hand on Charlie. That He said, not this one.

I will spend the rest of my life thanking Him.

To every person who prayed for us — every text, every message, every whispered intention — thank you. You carried us when we were too exhausted to carry ourselves.

Prayer is real.
God is real.
And miracles… they still happen.

With a full and grateful heart,

—Nick

[OfficialBingeorCringe @ofBingeorCringe]

This season on bachelor in paradise: adult men act like middle school boys claiming bro code while lying to women and chasing after $500k
#BachelorInParadise #bachelorinpardise

[Shelby @Shelby_Delaine]

Hot take: everyone knew what Jeremy did and they are upset that the douche of paradise is the only one who told Bailey the truth and now they all look like bad “friends”

#bachelorinpardise #BIP

[Aesthetica @Anc_Aesthetics]

@LeadingReport This is what happens when you abandon your citizens to die in favor of illegals

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

I have authorized the FL National Guard to send air assets to North Carolina in support of NC’s Hurricane Helene response.

[Tara @Tarasgarris]

@ECUPiratesFB 💜☠️💛

[ECU Football @ECUPiratesFB]

Pure entertainment at Jr. Pirates Camp 😂

[Stephen Igoe @StephenIgoe]

ECU athletic results on Saturday:

- Pirate men hoops win at UTSA, 84-73.
- Pirate women hoops win vs Charlotte, 70-56.
- Softball sweeps DH against St. Joseph's (8-0) and College of Charleston (8-4).
- ECU lacrosse wins opener over Queens, 15-12.

Solid day.

[#PackTheJungle🏴‍☠️💍 @ECUJungle]

HUGE FREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!

[Tara @Tarasgarris]

@barstoolecu Belk for sure.

[Chuck Callesto @ChuckCallesto]

KIM JONG UN: We are on the threshold of World War III and everyone must prepare..

HOW IS IT THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW THIS BUT JOE?

[Charlie Hoagland @HoaglandCharlie]

After much thought and prayerful consideration, I’m extremely excited to announce my commitment to further my baseball and academic career at East Carolina University. #GoPirates!

[ECU Football @ECUPiratesFB]

Who we do it for

[#PackTheJungle🏴‍☠️💍 @ECUJungle]

Feed this into my veins.

Safe travels Pirate 🏴‍☠️ Nation

[Barstool ECU @barstoolecu]

LETS GOOOOOO🔥🔥

[Maceo A. Donald @MaceoDonald]

@JarrettOz showing ya boy some love 😂😂

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Oh hi lol

[ECU Football @ECUPiratesFB]

Had a great time with all our Jr. Pirate Campers this week 🏴‍☠️