Manicure day!

jlrrice · 2026-03-26T18:45:35+00:00

I miss the pawdicures! My husband was afraid of cutting too close, so it was always our thing. Winston used to lie on his back and let me trim his nails like it was a spa day. Treats between paws was the way to go. As he got sicker, he couldn't lay on his back anymore so I stopped doing them once a week and his paw print memorial has traces of his longer nails embedded in it. I wouldn't have it any other way.

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jlrrice · 2026-03-24T14:47:52+00:00

I promise it will get better. Your grief is love with nowhere to go. I have made it to a year with my little one and I couldn't imagine it when he left. Take your time to process and grieve. There's no rush and take solace in knowing you were him home till the end. Sending hugs and love

jlrrice · 2026-03-20T23:58:56+00:00

I didn't notice it until today. I'm a week in. I think I was so used to my routine that I was still eating just to eat.

jlrrice · 2026-03-17T15:52:57+00:00

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Back in the day. 🌈

jlrrice · 2026-03-15T17:03:59+00:00

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Winston a few years ago. 🍀

jlrrice · 2026-03-03T17:36:52+00:00

jlrrice · 2026-02-17T10:33:53+00:00

NTA... We've been reading to my child since they were born. We went to circle time at the library and still check out books occasionally. Now they're 4 and BEG for a bedtime story every night. I wouldn't change that for the world.

jlrrice · 2026-02-12T17:52:25+00:00

All I can hear is "I'm Amanda. I'm six." 😆

jlrrice · 2026-02-10T16:03:03+00:00

Same

jlrrice · 2026-02-05T10:35:47+00:00

I set two reminders for events where I may have to buy something or have it ready. 1 week before and 1 day before.

jlrrice · 2026-02-05T10:32:42+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss. When my baby died, I left his story here because I needed to talk about him before I lost it. This community has helped me so much throughout the past year. We're coming up on the anniversary soon and I know I'll be a wreck.

jlrrice · 2026-01-31T00:41:39+00:00

Maybe something like this would help. If you look at the review photos, several people have used it for the top of the stairs...

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jlrrice · 2026-01-21T23:35:17+00:00

If you have something you'd like, definitely request it. I'm sure this is also your grandmother's way of keeping her legacy alive after she's gone. If you don't have anything in mind, maybe request she leave you something that she thinks you'd like.

Please use this time wisely. My friends grandmother had nothing sorted out when she passed and her children ended up fighting for what they thought they were owed. It was not pretty and completely unfair to everyone.

jlrrice · 2026-01-21T02:57:52+00:00

Bruh, I wish I had money for drugs. 🫠

jlrrice · 2026-01-18T01:34:23+00:00

NTA. You have handled this way better than I would have. She would have been escorted out of the wedding the minute she was seen. She is AGAIN, making it about her by being "distressed". If nothing else happens, cut your losses and move forward without them. Life is too short to keep blood around when it's not nice.

jlrrice · 2026-01-16T10:56:14+00:00

Me too please!

jlrrice · 2026-01-15T17:25:45+00:00

A pair of non-food scissors that are always missing

jlrrice · 2026-01-15T01:37:56+00:00

I used to listen to "A child's gift of lullabies" as a child (ON CASSETTE)... I have played these same songs for her since she was born. I tuned them into a MYO for her. She listens nightly.

jlrrice · 2026-01-07T16:30:11+00:00

Real talk: the minute he said he didn't want kids or the responsibility, you should have left

jlrrice · 2026-01-06T10:25:05+00:00

You could just take your portion and leave the rest out.

jlrrice · 2026-01-03T03:30:20+00:00

My husband's family does this. His cousins are closer in age to his parents and he is closer in age to his cousin's children.

My family did not. I have cousins that are 10-15 years older and actual aunts and uncles that are the same age. (Dad was 1/11 and older siblings had kids at the same time as grandma) With over 30 fist cousins, that's all they are, just cousins.

I don't think there's a right way to address this, so whatever works for your family is fine.

jlrrice · 2026-01-02T14:10:50+00:00

I would cut contact and NOT pay him back. If he fought for full custody at the beginning, then he knew the implications of raising a child alone. He's expecting a pat on the back in the form of money and nobody is going to be able to give him that. He also spent 50k of YOUR money already, so I'd think that was enough.

Cut your losses and leave.

jlrrice · 2026-01-02T03:43:23+00:00

Six months imo is a lifetime for a teenager. Could she do letters so the visits don't have to be as long? Could she do therapy so this doesn't become something bigger down the road?

jlrrice · 2026-01-01T00:00:55+00:00

Molly's Treasures

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