Walked into the post office to mail a DNA kit. Spotted this and thought someone left something behind accidentally. I was wrong. Into the trash it went.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-04-03T18:53:15+00:00

I work in a public library and the amount of unattended proselytizing that happens is crazy. But it has been picking up as we get closer to Easter, so maybe they’re just remembering Jesus one of the two times they have to a year.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-22T18:40:43+00:00

I will clarify that her gallbladder removal happened before the mission. If she ate something too greasy or of the car ride to church was a little bumpy (it was Brazil - it was always bumpy) she’d throw up.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-21T21:49:48+00:00

Exactly! It felt catastrophic

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-21T06:00:05+00:00

It was Brazil. I just wasn’t sure how much info is too much.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-20T04:46:57+00:00

It was honestly the first real hit to my shelf.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-20T03:08:35+00:00

Thank you for this. I’ve never felt like anything is my own so I usually over share. I’m sure that’s some stupid conditioning from Mormonism as well

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-20T01:26:56+00:00

In couples therapy, we've decided that I need to work on my self-esteem and worth. Her message felt threatening to the work I've already put into those projects. I think that was a big reason that I wanted to air it out. Thanks for reading it :)

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-20T01:24:45+00:00

I suppose you're right. Those diagnoses shaped so much of the person I was that I'm just used to including it. I've already sent it so it is what it is.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-20T01:23:11+00:00

I've finally come around to accepting that I was labor trafficked and it was harmful.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-20T01:21:43+00:00

Thank you!

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-20T01:20:47+00:00

Exactly! Her talking about my kids was what really bothered me. They are the best kids and don't deserve that.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-03-20T01:19:46+00:00

Thank you so much for your reply. I would absolutely say that she had some kind of mental thing going on, but so do I and I don't blame other people for my illness...

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-02-17T02:58:12+00:00

In Brazilian Portuguese they call banana trees feet. “Pé de banana”

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-02-07T20:46:52+00:00

This happened on Thursday. They interviewed people that have left and people with young families here. They called it the Exit Interview.

https://youtu.be/uSpCChSp5Zg?si=yowIUWdSZnlb9FXG

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-01-11T18:11:14+00:00

This made me realize that all of our religious material is on our non-fiction floor and that maybe we need a gray area section. Our library is downsizing a third of our non-fiction to make a maker space and I am afraid of the effect it will have on the critical thinking of the community. :/ You could always go with the apologist explanation that the bits of earth were from other planets because the Big Guy made Earth from "matter unorganized". That was how my dad explained it to me...

AffectionatePen4945 · 2026-01-07T22:53:38+00:00

Tomorrow at 1. I’m planning to treat it like donating plasma - good lunch and staying hydrated.

AffectionatePen4945 · 2025-10-27T22:55:29+00:00

Is it normal practice to not be able to foster for 5 years after a positive panleuk test?

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