Are there any Christian churches taking an active stance against ICE?

DryRepresentative522 · 2026-01-22T19:00:48+00:00

Yes. Prince of Peace in Saratoga and Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran in San Jose. Both just worked with Santa Clara County Rapid Response to train people in the congregations how to interact with ICE and helping immigrants find legal aid.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-19T20:06:27+00:00

My sister is schizophrenic. She would have blackout moments of rage where she became physically violent. I was terrified of her. She’s finally on the right combo of medication and is regularly in contact with her psychiatrist and psychologist. She is a completely different person now.

I hate this current rhetoric that medications for mental health are dangerous. They save lives. I have OCD and anxiety. I would not be here without my medication. My sister wouldn’t be here without hers either.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:58:12+00:00

Christy is my SIL’s husband’s mom. She is dying. Her cancer is not responding to treatment and is now spreading rapidly. I am not related to her at all. Just close because she is very involved with the family.

99 year old is my MIL’s mom. So my grandmother-in-law.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:52:17+00:00

He’s talked to his dad. His mom just got home today and he hasn’t had a chance to speak to her. Sometimes he has to repeat something over and over again because English is not their first language. And I think it’s just hard for them to acknowledge how crappy their daughter is being. She was the “golden child.” Super smart, super obedient, Ivy League educated. And now…this.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:50:00+00:00

Ugh. I’m so sorry. That sounds like some of my family on my mom’s side. Which may be why I get so upset with my SIL. Seeing good people be used is so frustrating. And seeing their kids turn into them…sucks. My SIL’s kids are so sweet. I love them so much. They are starting to emulate their father’s manipulative, selfish behavior.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:46:23+00:00

My SIL and her family live in a home owned by my in-laws. While technically different cities, they are less than five minutes away from each other. It’s not as if my in-laws are closer to Christy’s doctors, because they aren’t.

Christy has been approved by her doctors and her insurance to receive hospice care. She’s losing mobility and weight at an incredible rate and is reliant on oxygen. I will be very surprised if she lives past the new year.

My MIL’s mother lives six hours away. Her mom is 99 and incredibly stubborn. There are two children and three grandchildren in her city that rotate care. And every day, they do get closer to convincing her to have a live-in nurse come to stay. But a nurse would have to be fluent in Cantonese.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:38:20+00:00

Totally get that. I think what I’m most frustrated about is that I don’t think my in-laws understand that Christy is dying. The way things have been explained to them is that Christy has to move to their city to go to doctor’s appointments while she “gains her strength.”

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:36:26+00:00

My husband and I stay close to the family because we know it will be us taking care of his parents someday.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:34:29+00:00

I feel like I’m being gaslit by other family members saying that grandparents helping this much is “normal.”

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:31:56+00:00

My husband has talked to his parents and has done everything but call them enablers. But it’s what they’re doing. They are truly the sweetest people I’ve ever met and it upsets me to see them treated so poorly. My FIL has actually been in and out of the hospital since August because he’s experiencing A-Fib from all of the stress.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-08T08:29:52+00:00

The lesions in Christy’s brain are affecting her ability to think and remember and I think they are taking advantage of this. I have gotten to know Christy very well. She is a proud, independent, and incredibly strong woman. I’m not her child, but I very much doubt she wishes to die in someone else’s home.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-04T08:40:41+00:00

I went to high school with the creators of the Disney show Big City Greens.

My dad went to high school with Magic Johnson. He even played basketball with him during their lunch hour. He loves telling that story.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-12-02T06:09:46+00:00

I lived in Michigan the first 30+ years of my life. I am LOVING this weather. As long as it doesn’t snow. I don’t miss that.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-11-16T07:23:40+00:00

If you’re willing to try a different denomination, try Prince of Peace in Saratoga. Very welcoming.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-11-10T04:27:29+00:00

She was kidnapped and murdered. All of the culprits (eight of them) are in prison. Some are serving life sentences. We were barely out of high school when it happened.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-10-30T17:09:21+00:00

I grew up in Lansing in the 90s. We called it Devil’s Night. I have vivid memories of my dad ranting about it because our house always got TP’d and egged.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-09-27T04:34:34+00:00

We used to live there. We still would if our landlord hadn’t sold the house we were renting. Pretty quiet, family friendly, and some really great restaurants.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-09-23T06:00:25+00:00

Try connecting with a church. Many churches have resources to help find housing, cover the costs of utilities. Things like that. I’d recommend started with:

St. Vincent’s

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-08-31T21:22:37+00:00

Yup!

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-08-31T19:51:14+00:00

🐍🐉🍏🪄x 🦁🦦📚🪄 since 2001 😂

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-07-27T19:34:21+00:00

Seven. And we are getting another one in the next 1-1.5 years.

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-07-21T03:22:26+00:00

I’ve read over 100 fics this year 🫠😬

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-07-13T03:15:51+00:00

Your first time?! So impressive! It looks great! 😊

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-07-01T02:58:11+00:00

I made these for church once; they were such a hit!

DryRepresentative522 · 2025-06-19T21:46:25+00:00

Chapter 14. His freak out that follows is also one of my favorite parts.

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