“You’re too small to ever have a child.”
That’s the sentence my husband left behind when he packed his bags.
I was born with dwarfism.
When doctors told us I couldn’t carry children, he decided that meant I couldn’t be a mother at all.
He walked out. I stayed. I signed the divorce papers alone in a silent apartment that still smelled like him.
For a while, I believed the silence.
Then one afternoon, I walked into a shelter.
In the corner of the room was a crib most people passed without stopping. Inside it — a one-year-old Black baby girl. Left at birth. No visitors. No one asking about her.
I picked her up.
She wrapped her tiny fingers around mine and didn’t cry.
That was it.
I signed the papers. I took Naomi home.
People stared at us.
They whispered.
They asked how I would carry her.
I carried her everywhere.
On buses.
Up staircases.
Through grocery stores and doctor’s appointments.
Through every hard year and every beautiful one.
And Naomi? She ran.
She ran faster than doubt.
Faster than the stares.
Faster than every limitation someone once placed on our family.
She grew into a track-and-field champion.
I stood in the crowd, watching her step onto podiums I never imagined we would reach.
I couldn’t bring a child into this world.
But I brought love into hers.
And somehow, I became the mother of the strongest girl in the world.
I got audited for 2022 taxes and the IRS told me I owed like 17,000 in taxes.
I didn't owe them anything.
I sent every piece of evidence and written explanations of every dollar.
The rejected my response, charged more interest and said I owed them 19k now. Even though it took them 11 months to respond.
Had to get a CPA to send a response saying the same thing I said. Cost me $2k for that.
Just got a letter which basically says, ahh.. nevermind.. we are closing the audit.
Very happy I don't have to pay off the US government to get them to leave me alone.
Not very happy I can't bill them the $2k and about 4 fulls days of my own labor that I had to spend to tell them they are incompetent.
hey @Dominos_UK, you delivered our pizza to the wrong address, we went to pick it up when we saw, family you delivered it to had started eating out food, and you’re refusing to help. Care to shed any light?
They tax you when you buy a house (stamp duty)
They tax you to live in your house (council tax)
They tax you when you eat in your house (VAT)
They tax you when you leave your house (car tax)
They tax you when you get to work (income tax)
They tax you when you die (IHT)
TAX
In the gym this morning…
2 guys using the squat rack which I wanted.
Didn’t ask them how many sets they had left. I just warmed up and stretched close by.
When I saw them unloading the bar down to 0Kg, I asked if they were finished. They said yes.
That’s gym etiquette 💪🏾