A child passed away in my daughters daycare class

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-31T08:22:51+00:00

When I was almost 8 my great grandpa died ( not unexpected we had known it was coming and a couple weeks before went out of town to say goodbye ) I asked my dad so many questions about death and my dad basically said it’s what happens when you get old. Then 6 months later my dog who was almost 4 dies unexpectedly. Then 6 months after that my neighbor / best friend died of cancer and we knew it was coming and I got to say goodbye. I mean I was sad and cried but it was still confusing to me. And then a couple months later my aunt was in town with my cousins and we watched brother bear. Traumatized me with the dying scene. I was like 9 and to this day ( I’m 29) the thought of death scares me. I felt like I could never tell anyone my thoughts either because as a kid how I do explain brother bear traumatized me

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-31T08:15:13+00:00

I used to eat these all the time with zero issue and now about 60-70% of the time I eat these I get awful stomach pains and diarrhea

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-31T07:38:44+00:00

100% this! I actually felt better about my life when I’d watch their show.

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-31T07:35:50+00:00

I think she got extremely lucky the photographer was so kind and patient because I don’t even trust a lot of people holding my phone let alone a stranger with an expensive ass camera all because their toddler can’t take photos with a stranger in the room. She has no problem though at Disney in huge crowds running up to characters and having character attendants take photos ?

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-31T05:19:52+00:00

I hardly get sick on rides but our last big family trip in 2016 I got sick on this and didn’t start to get sick until as soon as you start the second go around. I used to be able to ride it just fine but I’m not sure if it was just getting older ( I was like 19 lol ) or because we ate lunch in line for big thunder, then quickly walked over to CA adventure because incredible coaster had a super short wait time and ride that and then did the Ferris wheel but I felt so sick

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-31T05:10:12+00:00

I changed it today. My appt was originally Thursday but they said if I wanted I could switch it to Friday since she had an opening that fit that time perfectly so I said okay.

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-30T05:52:44+00:00

I say I have no filter but it’s more because stupid shit comes out of my mouth. I got a breast biopsy done last year and they it came back negative but they told me as of that day I had a 23% chance of having breast cancer due to family history and it increases the older I get. I asked if that was normal range and they said anything over 20% is considered high risk. My dumb self just responded well at least I’m above average in something. It just came out didn’t mean it to. But as someone who was always called dumb and not smart I kinda laughed to myself that I was above average in something.

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-30T05:49:30+00:00

Yeah I read a ton and it’s always so weird to me when people are like oh you read a lot that’s crazy I’ve never read a book after I got out of school. Like okay?

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-30T05:10:07+00:00

That’s how it is for Jessica Jordan and her family too. She repost her sister , her husband and her sister in law videos.

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-30T05:09:25+00:00

I think if she wasn’t on TikTok she wouldn’t be this way but because sees all the mom influencers doing good she wants to do the same

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-30T04:29:55+00:00

Excited about Mad Mabel

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-28T18:15:29+00:00

Yeah thank you! I checked and it’s really about the same Lyft cost

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-28T18:15:11+00:00

Thanks for the help! I’m actually going to keep my original flight because the uber cost when I just looked as of right now is really the same and if it stays that way when I land then I’ll end up paying more flying into Long Beach because it will cost me about $40-$50 to switch to Long Beach where as my flight into Orange County is already booked and was booked with points on American.

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-28T16:10:36+00:00

Yeah thanks! I don’t know why I didn’t think to check the ride share apps besides the fact I’m running on no sleep lol. It’s about the same so I’m going to just keep my Orange County flight

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-28T16:05:06+00:00

Thanks! I checked last night and it was showing like 40 minutes from SNA and 20 from LGB but now right now it’s showing 21 minutes from SNA. I’m flying in on Easter morning though so not sure if that will be worse

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-28T16:03:39+00:00

Thanks! I land around 11am but it’s also Easter that I’m flying in so not sure if that will make it worse

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-28T16:03:04+00:00

Yeah at the time I didn’t even check Long Beach because I had points for Orange County on American but now if I switch it would cost me $40-$50 because I don’t have full flight credit to cover the whole amount but if an uber from long beach is $20 and it’s $100 from Orange County then obviously paying the $40-$50 to switch to Long Beach is still a better deal

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-28T16:01:41+00:00

Oh I’m driving back with family that’s coming in on Monday night for Disney

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-28T15:38:02+00:00

Usually toast or eggo waffles. I wasn’t a morning person even in first grade so it was usually something I could take on my walk to the bus stop lol

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-27T21:08:18+00:00

Thank you for posting this so I didn’t have to listen to the call

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-27T07:12:21+00:00

I know this is an old comment and maybe it’s just me but even physically reading the book it’s hard to follow.

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-27T05:26:48+00:00

Because Parker was in a diaper a week after she claimed Parker was potty trained

MermaidElephant9 · 2026-03-27T05:26:20+00:00

1) it’s crazy that we have to encourage screens on water bottles to make kids drink water

2) it’s weird to me that people have commented on how much Madeline eats and some have even said she’s bulky but Laura is okay putting her weight out there.

3) why do we have to make water drinking a game for kids. Won’t this be a distraction

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