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I’m too school for cool.

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Any little thing that pops into my head that could even remotely make me think of my Dad seems to break me. He unexpectedly passed away on December 7, 2025, and I’m reeling inside. Depression doesn’t have a thing on me.

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@amandasolimando I have the same jacket and color! 👯‍♀️

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My life has crumbled around me over the past three weeks, and yet here I stand. I think it’s my sheer determination to improve the situation that’s keeping me going. That’s it. I’m pouring from a beyond empty cup. 🥴

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@amandasolimando You can also google “owl Purdue citation” and go through that site in order to cite a plethora of sources! I use that site for my students.

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Dropped M off at school at 4:30am to go on a school sponsored field trip for 24 hours. I miss my kid so much already. 😞

Letting your babies spread their wings is so hard on a mothers heart.

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@docksidelove Happy birthday to your kiddo! I still remember when she was a kid!!

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So now I miss physical therapy. Now I miss picking up my kids from school. Every single thing gets affected because my Audi has super fragile tires, apparently.

And we just got new tires put on! 😫

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My hubs bought me a new car in March as a belated bday gift. I just accidentally *brushed* the front left tire on the curb & the tire deflated. Just like that. *poof*

No going up on the curb. No driving through a construction zone. Me literally brushing the curb did this. WTF.

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I never took it for granted when people I love were kind to me, but when someone is unspeakably cruel to you and that person is part of why your world turns, it leaves you confused, hurt and astounded at the vitriol people can spew.

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@amandasolimando Been thinking of you. Hope you’re feeling better!

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@amandasolimando Oh noooo! I hope you have minimal if any symptoms and that no one else gets it!

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My sweet boy, Babe Ruth, passed away early this morning. Dogs never seem to live long enough. Man do I miss him already. 💔

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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Just went for my first outdoor run since 2019, maybe even 2018. I forgot how freeing it is to just hit the pavement and go. 😍🏃🏼‍♀️

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Nine years. Nine whole years of missing my Brielle.
#comebacktousBrielle #wemissyou

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Another day, another time a student made me cry. Even teaching 15 years ago, things were so different.

I’m not enjoying teaching like I once did. A lot of it is what I’m teaching, but it still shouldn’t be this hard.

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@docksidelove I didn’t realize things had gotten to this point with your autoimmune disease. Do you have people helping you at home?

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@HarwellNatasha That’s asking a lot of me. I was supposed to protect her. How could I not know she was struggling? How could I not know something was wrong?

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Sitting alone in my office because I feel lost.

I hate that I used to love the month of June so much and now I literally count down until the last day of the month.

Why did my child die, but yours didn’t?

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But there are others that ask that question & see my living children.

I’m hurting.

I post links for people to be able to help us help others, but most people just send “thoughts and prayers”, which doesn’t do much for us when we are trying to spread kindness.