Lauren 🟧

I am a born social worker. I believe in the change that can be had in one small neighborhood within one larger city, state, nation, and world.

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@EtherDais @frogs4girls How is Idiocracy not part of this image?!

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@girdley Who does the meal planning and shopping? Do you compare receipts that he’s not purchasing additional items?

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@fesshole I was at a fast food restaurant and my kids had already eaten. They were still hungry so I ordered them another burger & cut it in half so they could split it. Someone assumed we were hungry/poor? & ordered us another burger anonymously. We gave the food to unhoused person.

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@tyromper Do your kids have other devices like tablet/ipad? What are your ages/rules if so?

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@stephan72790281 I have a small business that supports new mothers and their infants. Reach out if you’d like a place to donate to!

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@dai_majin99 @PamKeithFL My question as well!!!!

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

Great option for your #babyshower! #groupsupport #postpartumsupport #pregnancy #expectantmom #expecting #postpartum #palmdesert #laquinta #cathedralcity #deserthotsprings #thousandpalms #indio #newparents #firsttimemom #infantcare #momtips #babyboy #babygirl #babyregistry

[BabySpaceCoachellaValley @BabySpaceLLC]

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#mommyandme #pregnancy #firsttimemom #postpartum #newmom #newmommy #motherhood #parenthood #groupsupport #palmdesert #palmsprings #laquinta #ranchomirage #indio #babyshower

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

What a great gift for a new parent- @BabySpaceLLC
#newmomlife #pregnant #babyregistry #parenthood #palmdesert #laquinta #palmsprings #indianwells

[BabySpaceCoachellaValley @BabySpaceLLC]

Blog post: How to add weekly Mommy & Me Infant groups or Parent & Me Toddler Labs to your baby registry. Ask for the gift that will prove invaluable to your parenting journey. https://t.co/mok5U3v9cB #palmdesert #postpartum #motherhood #newmom #parenthood #ranchomirage #laquinta

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@maddermamabear @cmclymer Think he has military and teachers pensions….

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@TrueFactsStated He needs to be carried to term.

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

I wish @sternshow would replay the audio of Howard riffing during the 2016 election cycle saying something like, "I think this is going to end very badly for him, very badly." You've always been a visionary ahead of your time, Howard! @DailySternShow @robertAbooey @jdharm

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@VerizonSupport My appt was 12 pm. It is 12:36

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@Verizon I am standing in the LQ store and being told Natasha is not available, that she comes when she can, that my appointment is essentially meaningless. I have been here Saturday and Sunday as well. Was told yesterday to come back today and see a Business Associate. /4

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@VerizonSupport Sent a DM. Still standing here with no business associate.

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@verizon @VerizonSupport I was told by phone support that Verizon could not fix the wifi dead zone at my location and to move over to a wifi provider that could help me. That’s what I am trying to do.

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@Verizon no one alerted me that Natasha would not be here to help me. I saw an employee yesterday who told me only a business associate could help me.

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@Verizon what should I be doing right now? I have been a customer since at least the early 2000s.

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@verizon I am currently standing in a store waiting for the business associate Natasha to help me. She’s not here. We had a 12 pm appt. I am not at my business to meet with her. I cannot run the business until the Verizon issue is fixed. /2

[Lauren 🟧 @CALCSW]

@verizon I run a very small business. I am going on 15 hours of dealing with an issue that VX has not been able to fix. I call support, I go to the store. I am currently in the store for a 12 pm meeting. /1

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

A Democrat was in the White House when my family was sent to the internment camps in 1941. It was an egregious violation of our human and civil rights.

It would have been understandable if people like me said they’d never vote for a Democrat again, given what had been done to us.

But being a liberal, being a progressive, means being able to look past my own grievances and concerns and think of the greater good. It means working from within the Democratic party to make it better, even when it has betrayed its values.

I went on to campaign for Adlai Stevenson when I became an adult. I marched for civil rights and had the honor of meeting Dr. Martin Luther King. I fought for redress for my community and have spent my life ensuring that America understood that we could not betray our Constitution in such a way ever again.

Bill Clinton broke my heart when he signed DOMA into law. It was a slap in the face to the LGBTQ community. And I knew that we still had much work to do. But I voted for him again in 1996 despite my misgivings, because the alternative was far worse. And my obligation as a citizen was to help choose the best leader for it, not to check out by not voting out of anger or protest.

There is no leader who will make the decision you want her or him to make 100 percent of the time. Your vote is a tool of hope for a better world. Use it wisely, for it is precious. Use it for others, for they are in need of your support, too.