Lisa

Soap fan (GH is my favorite) and student working on that thing called life

Lets Go Blue Jays!

[Lisa @lisastar08]

Day 1: Wasn't too bad, got some things done, however watching GH was a challenge as press conferences during both east and west coast airings.

[Lisa @lisastar08]

@311Toronto is the trail at Chapman Valley Park open now? Went to the Chapman Rd entrance Saturday and it was closed. City website has no listing of closure when I checked today to see what was being done

[CP24 @CP24]

#NEW: ‘There were 50 calls’: Good Samaritans offer to pay off man’s high-interest loan after CTV News report
https://t.co/wPoBxeQpkZ

[Lisa @lisastar08]

@311Toronto Closer to Reid manor park

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@311Toronto down tree on the trail that connects Berry Rd and Reid Manor. Awkward height for people trying to get through

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@MicrosoftHelps Sent

[Lisa @lisastar08]

@MicrosoftHelps how do I get a hold of someone for support. The phone number bot just asks questions, then hangs up

[Lisa @lisastar08]

When outlook wants your mother who is not tech savvy to create a passkey…. Fun times on New Years Eve 😩

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

PLEASE, take the time to read this!!

"Every Tuesday at 3 PM, my mother calls the same wrong number.
Has for six years.
"Hello, this is Susan. Is Robert there?"
Same response every time, "No Robert here. Wrong number."
"Oh, I'm so sorry to bother you."

Then she hangs up. Sets a reminder for next Tuesday.
I thought it was dementia. Mom's 71. Maybe forgetting she'd already tried this number.
"Mom, that's not Robert's number. You've called it 300 times. Why do you keep calling?"
She looked at me strangely. "I know it's not Robert's number."
"Then why"
"Because someone answers."

Turned out, the woman who answers is 83. Lives alone. Has severe social anxiety. Never leaves her apartment. No family. No friends.
"Six years ago, I called your brother's old number by mistake," Mom explained. "Woman answered. We talked for two minutes. When I apologized for the wrong number, she said, 'Please call again anyway. Nobody calls me.'"
"So you just... kept calling?"
"Every Tuesday. We talk for exactly twelve minutes. About nothing. Weather. TV shows. Her cat. Then I say I have to go, and she says okay."
"For six years?"
"For six years."
"Does she know you're calling on purpose?"
"Of course. I'm not subtle. But we maintain the fiction. I 'accidentally' call. She 'happens' to answer. We pretend it's chance, not choice."
"Why the pretend?"
"Because accepting help is hard. Accepting a wrong number is easy."

Mom's phone buzzed. Tuesday, 3 PM reminder.
She dialed. "Hello, this is Susan. Is Robert there?"
A pause. Then laughter. "No Robert here, Susan. But I'm here. How was your week?"
I listened to them talk. About the weather. A TV show. The cat's vet appointment.
Twelve minutes exactly. Then, "I should let you go."
"Okay, Susan. Same time next week?"
"Oh, I'm sure I'll accidentally dial this number again."
More laughter. Goodbye.

Mom hung up. Looked at me. "Her name is Dorothy. I've never met her. Don't know her last name. Don't know her address. Just her voice every Tuesday for twelve minutes."
"What if you stop calling?"
"Then she stops having Tuesdays."
Mom died last year. Suddenly. Heart attack.
I found Dorothy's number in her phone. Called it.
"Hello?"
"Hi. My name is Sarah. I'm Susan's daughter. I think... I think you were expecting her call today."
Silence. Then crying.
"She's gone, isn't she?"
"Yes. I'm so sorry."
"Can I ask you something? Did she ever tell you why she really called?"
"She said you needed someone to call."
"That's what she told you. But I'm calling to tell you why I answered. Because your mother's voice on Tuesdays was the only thing that kept me alive. I had the pills ready four times. Four different Tuesdays. And every time, at 3 PM, she called. And I couldn't do it after hearing her voice."

I've been calling Dorothy every Tuesday for nine months now.
Same time. Same "wrong number" fiction.
Because my mother taught me, sometimes the most important call you make is to the wrong person.
On purpose.
Every Tuesday.
For as long as someone answers."
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Let this story reach more hearts....
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Credit: Grace Jenkins

[Lisa @lisastar08]

When @DHLGlobal leaves your $250 package in the building lobby 😳😩

[Lisa @lisastar08]

@AWeaver26 And concerts have gone up so much in price. My husband always starts with wanting to see someone, then checks the price, then says when did concerts get so expensive, and then doesn’t buy tickets 😅

[Lisa @lisastar08]

@Doggledoodle @Garnet_2203 Every family is different, maybe they have a couple of hours of help during the day or send their child half day. Maybe they’re able to balance working from home with a small child because a partner is home for part of the day. Not everyone working from home needs full day care.

[Lisa @lisastar08]

RIP Rob Reiner and Anthony Geary…what is 2025 doing on its way out…

[Lisa @lisastar08]

When you run out of stamps and apparently can’t get them delivered by Instacart or any other service 😔

[Lisa @lisastar08]

@LuvXmaiko Emma 😊

[Lisa @lisastar08]

@CP24 Absolutely. It’s a lot of work and those who want to be paid to do this it’s understandable as your M -F is now back to revolving around a small child. No whatever your retirement plans were. Now some may not want to be paid and that’s great, but show love and appreciation often.

[CP24 @CP24]

7 moments that made Dodgers-Blue Jays a World Series for the ages
https://t.co/B50WRjjqJo

[2000s @PopCulture2000s]

thinking about this iconic scene in ‘13 going on 30’ when they did the thriller dance
https://t.co/PnIr2mG7CN

[໊ @buffys]

post a random picture or else everything will go bad in November.

[Nostalgia @NostalgiaFolder]

the smell of opening a brand new can of Play-Doh