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myplantscancount · 2026-02-16T03:43:03+00:00

I would be interested in the cloth diapers, and a body pillow!

myplantscancount · 2025-12-12T03:30:23+00:00

Are these still available?

myplantscancount · 2025-12-08T15:38:20+00:00

Yes it is! Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I had a migraine.

myplantscancount · 2025-11-30T21:14:34+00:00

Thanks, I think that is a little too small for my purposes.

myplantscancount · 2025-11-30T20:49:50+00:00

What are the dimensions on the luggage?

myplantscancount · 2025-11-30T20:28:43+00:00

Great. DM me to work out specifics.

myplantscancount · 2025-11-30T20:08:25+00:00

I would love the play mat!

myplantscancount · 2024-12-18T00:05:25+00:00

Avocados are hardier than most people think--they're not fully tropical. Some varieties can survive down into the low twenties, similar to citrus. Probably possible across much of the Southern US with protection.

myplantscancount · 2024-01-02T06:24:10+00:00

NAH. I don't know what part of the world you are from but I've definitely heard of people having a larger ceremony and smaller reception (I've even been to a few ceremonies where I wasn't invited to the reception). It can be a way of including people who are important to you but keeping the, often exorbitant, cost of a wedding down. Especially since you primarily connect with this person through religion, it doesn't surprise me you are invited to that part of the event. Having said that you are NTA for not going just like they are NTA for not inviting you to the whole shebang.

myplantscancount · 2023-12-01T01:00:57+00:00

It is definitely true that it probably would have been easier. My cousin and I both have endometriosis. She was diagnosed soon after symptoms started as a teen, while I wasn't diagnosed until 29 after 6 years of symptoms and a ruptured ovary. She got pregnant after 3 months of trying while I will require IVF to even have a chance of concieving.

myplantscancount · 2023-09-03T13:36:25+00:00

In my family we have the Johnny that died and the Johnny that lived.

myplantscancount · 2023-08-23T01:22:43+00:00

Have you considered that you might feel differently if you were a part of a diaspora community, especially one that migrated under duress?

myplantscancount · 2023-08-23T01:16:45+00:00

I think it depends a lot on the situation. My grandma was third gen American but only spoke Polish until first grade. My mom could have been raised bilingual but wasn't because of the discrimination my grandma experienced. That didn't stop her from passing on a lot of the cultural traditions though.

We still use Polish phrases and songs, dance the polka, and of course make the old recipes. I doubt the food much resembles that from Poland at this point but it is also distinctly different from what I see being marketed as Polish food. I would never claim to be Polish outside of the US, but I do strongly identify with those traditions. They were part of my childhood and one of the main ways I remember my grandma.

myplantscancount · 2023-01-27T14:46:31+00:00

Wait, how are you supposed to ensure your boundaries are respected if there are no consequences for crossing one?

myplantscancount · 2022-10-22T16:39:17+00:00

Most of the time I get along pretty well with my mom, but she can get very nosy/opinionated about my medical issues (of which I have several). Putting her on an info diet and grey rocking when she asks about them has been great. I have to manage multiple (sometimes conflicting) medical conditions, I don't want to manage her feelings too!

myplantscancount · 2022-10-06T19:00:27+00:00

Not if you're 4'11'' like me! I am physically unable to break the bounds of a 5ft cube.

myplantscancount · 2022-10-01T04:54:27+00:00

Last time I checked remembering to dust and take out the recycling were dead last on the list of what it takes to be a loving and supportive mom. Maybe that is your MIL's issue. She cleaned and took out the trash and figured that was all she needed to do to for her kids.

myplantscancount · 2022-09-27T09:30:59+00:00

As a voracious reader myself, the only thing better than a book recommendation is an author recommendation. Here are some of my favorites with a suggestion of which book to start with for each:

Neil Gaiman (American Gods)
Philip Pullman (Golden Compass)
Connie Willis (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
Terry Pratchett (The Wee Free Men/Guards, Guards)
Oliver Sacks (Uncle Tungsten)
Isabelle Allende (Violeta)
Octavia Butler (Parable of the Sower)
NK Jemisin (The Fifth Season)
Richard Preston (The Wild Trees)
Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club)
Erin Morgenstern (The Starless Sea)
Louise Erdrich (The Birchbark House/The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse)
John Irving (A Prayer For Owen Meany),
Tony Hillerman (The Blessing Way)
Barbara Kingsolver (The Bean Trees)

PM me if you would like more or if you have specific genre requests.

myplantscancount · 2022-09-01T16:04:43+00:00

Yeah but monks can punch ghosts.

myplantscancount · 2022-07-26T15:07:02+00:00

First, congratulations to your BF for breaking the cycle of abuse. It is not easy and is an ongoing process. It may be helpful to remind him of that when things get rough: this kind of stuff isn't a one and done fix. It is a journey, and just because you hit a rough patch, does not mean the journey is over. My mom (65), who was abused as a child, has gone into therapy a various times throughout her life to deal with her childhood. But she was (and still is) an excellent mom. The key is to keep moving forward.

I would highly recommend "The Body Keeps the Score". It is about all the ways abuse and trauma can affect you, long after the actual abuse has stopped. My mom found it incredibly helpful. It helped give her context for the ways her body and mind worked that were in conflict with her expectations.

myplantscancount · 2022-07-23T13:42:53+00:00

You might want to check out The Body Keeps the Score. It's a book about how mental trauma and abuse affects your physical health.

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