kelsbells

A little bit weird and a chronic over-sharer. Runner not breaking any land speed records (or consistency ones either). I like craft…and random stuff.

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

Broke my twitter exile just to say I'm so beyond proud of @heyimgojo performing at #Eurovision. Friends around the world and I have been playing the song on repeat for weeks, and will continue to do so. It was the first song I added from this year to the Eurovision favs playlist.

[Mel @Mel452]

you may not have qualified for the final. but you did great! australia’s proud 😊🇦🇺 @heyimgojo #eurovision

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@joelcreasey while I love Tony and Courtney in general, they're struggling in their first one. Really missing your sass, needed it with some of these set designs! #eurovision

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

Ok twitter. I’m leaving.

If you see this and you’re on Bluesky, please reply and tell me your handle because I’d love to follow you and rebuild a positive social space for myself.

You’ll find my profile, @thekelsbells, at https://t.co/IMJqeCKMyw

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@MattESCunited I’m going to stubbornly hope that you’re wrong…and still hold out hope that some things shift FAST.

[David Roche @MountainRoche]

🚨One of the best endurance achievements OF ALL TIME is happening right now!🚨 Tara Dower is on her way to setting the Appalachian Trail FKT overall (beating all men too) barring incident or injury, with under 50k to go and 24 hours to do it. This is an absolutely mind-boggling achievement from a once-in-a-generation athlete. Tara is showing that humans are capable of way more than we might even know!

@iRunFar @trailrunnermag @aidstationfireb

She is coached by @Meg_Runs_Happy (like I was for Leadville). It turns out that speed can go a long way 🔥

GO TARA GO!!!! Follow her: https://t.co/rqZtrHNcSF

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@developerjack It’s an epic musical, have fun!

[James McGrath -- INACTIVE @james_r_mcgrath]

If Raygun isn't our flag bearer for the closing ceremony we've lost all sense of who we are as a nation

[K @I_am_da_BOM]

Been a while since I’ve made one of these, but today’s a special occasion!

#Olympics #Breaking #Raygun

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@cosmicjester This is serious, mum.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of photographers who patiently waited to capture the shot of a lifetime 🧵

1. Leonardo Sens (3 years)

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@michaelmeloni Did you know they don’t make them to be folded into little bowls anymore?? Devastated

[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.

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@shoegal2022 @cosmicjester Or when they mess it up they go get a new one 😂

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@developerjack I just feel so deflated watching something I love turn to shit in front of my eyes.

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@developerjack And they had better be so fucking solid with the situation in joost that clear lines have been crossed. Because the actions of other delegations are coming to light, and with no ramifications for that??

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@developerjack 100% agree.

My dilemma is I can recognise how talented Israel is, and the beautiful sound of the song. But I’m deeply uncomfortable with the subject matter, and don’t feel she should have been performing.

EBU should be consistent with the reasons Russia’s not there

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@developerjack I have no words. I didn’t think it would happen.

This year has been a clusterfuck in a year that’s also had a bloody strong fields of performances.

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@MattESCunited Oh man. This year has just been insane.

About to go to bed in Australia and I’m worried for what I’m going to wake up to.

[kelsbells @Kelsbells]

@Sarah_Haar_ If he ate them in that order that’s a three course meal and dessert! 💋 👌