when i hear my mom talk about her childhood and talk about my grandmothers life, it makes me sad but reaffirms that my life was created to stop the generations here. i was born to choose myself and break a few familial curses.
You start to realize that not many things align with you anymore and honestly some of them never actually did. You also stop trying to force yourself into spaces that were only meant to be temporary or never belonged to you in the first place.
@ayojoestar Sometimes the behaviors people mistake for "not paying attention" are actually what help someone pay attention. Focus doesn't always look the way people expect.
if a neurodivergent person is holding perfect eye contact with you, she is not listening. she is performing listening. her entire brain is spent keeping her body still and her face neutral. if you actually want her to remember what you said, let her look at the floor. let her fidget. let her doodle. she can either look at you or she can hear you. pick one.
Taco Bell's lettuce has been confirmed as a source of the diarrhea-causing parasite
The CDC says to avoid lettuce from Taco Bells in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan & West Virginia.