GrittyGrace
🚫 DM's I prefer gatherings, not crowds. Grief & random social issues, culture, education, and, political thoughts. Opinionated nerd, widow, and mother. Proud user of the Oxford comma.
- I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states. Their finances will be turned upside
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View full threadDem's make a huge mistake with cultural issues. I'm sympathetic to all. But, one has to win first. And a lot of people resent having those issues shoved at them. They'll come around. But we have to give them time. Just my observation since Reagan. And that's why we lost Roe v Wade in the end.
- I respect the hell out of RBG... but we ultimately lost Roe v. Wade because when she was terminal, and asked multiple times to step down, she didn't. Obama would have had the opportunity to nominate someone.
- ICYMI: Here is American Oversight’s lawsuit against Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, Scott Bessent, Marco Rubio, and the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration for violations of the Federal Records Act and Administrative Procedure Act. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
- This lawsuit has been assigned to Judge Boasberg, who is currently presiding over the Alien Enemies Act proclamation case.
- Where's Vance?
- BREAKING LEAK: Signal Leaker Mike Waltz's Venmo Was Also Public - Here's His Contacts krassencast.com/p/breaking-l...
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View full threadIt's really just a tin foil hat theory, but, It’s possible he’s functioning like a deep-resistance operator: cooperating on the surface, but quietly sabotaging or leaking from within. His past comments (trumps tiny hands), his body language during the meeting with Zelenskyy..but who knows lol
- His nonverbal and entire presence at that meeting was off. Hands in his lap, tapping fingers, head down, eyes darting. It's definitely a rabbit hole... but at this point 🤷🏻♀️ I'm so gaslit my hair is singed.
- Like a cry for help?
- I think this is the first round of sacrificial lambs. A traitor never has issues betraying anyone. There is no sense of loyalty in the GOP right now. Reps want out, they don't want to go down with the ship. Rubio very well may have sent an SOS.
- I'm beginning to think Waltz did not complete his Trump course on how to lie with convictions classes. So Trump brought him to the press room for a refresher course. But what Waltz does not know he's being sized up for the kiss of death coffin. If he does not get his lies to be more effective.
- You don't just grieve the loss of your loved one. You grieve the future you had imagined together, the memories you could have made, and an entire life that should have been. #grief #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief
- No amount of letter writing has persuaded my lawmakers, but one thing has slowed them down: Showing up in numbers that can’t be hidden or explained away. Marching in the streets. Testifying by the hundreds. Letting lawmakers know we see them and we know. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
- This is so accurate, it's scary...
- #grief creates a visceral reactionary state within the mind & body of the individual. Surrendering them to internal & physical pain. Stifled in one's own echo chamber. It permeates the soul with carnage permanently altered by deafening sound. #widow #thegriefspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief
- "Grief never leaves you, you just get better at hurting..." #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief
- ONE YEAR smoke/vape free!
- Congrats!
- I'm almost done emptying my mum's flat ... Almost a year since her death and today was extra painful, but also felt right. I found a bunch of stuff from my childhood, she kept everything. Things I forgot existed. She wasn't good with loving, but tiny objects now show how she maybe did. ❤️
- I'm sorry for your loss...
- In English, we say: “You hurt me.” But in poetry, we say: “You planted thorns in my chest with hands I once trusted, and now every breath feels like an apology I shouldn’t owe.” -Larson Langston #grief #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief #poetry #writer #author
- In English, we say: “I hope you’re happy.” But in poetry, we say: “May the sun that warms your days be as kind to you as the first kiss of dew on the dawning light upon the leaves of the laurel that we once made love under” - Larsen Langston #poetry #author #writer #writingcommunity #simile #imagery
- In English, we say: “I wish it were different.” But in poetry, we say: “I water the garden of could-have-beens with tears, waiting for flowers that refuse to bloom.” - Larson Langston #grief #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief #poetry #writer #author #writingcommunity
- In English, we say: “I feel lost.” But in poetry, we say: “The compass of my heart spins wildly now, its needle drawn to places it can no longer call home.” #grief #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief #poetry #writer #author
- In English, we say: “I don’t know how to let go.” But in poetry, we say: “I carry you in my chest like a stone— heavy, unyielding, and carved with the sharp edges of what once was.” - Larsen Langston #grief #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief #poetry #writer #author
- In English, we say: “I miss you.” But in poetry, we say: “I trace the shape of your absence in the spaces where your laughter used to linger, and let the echoes of you fill the hollow hours.” - Larsen Langston #grief #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief #poetry #writer
- That which doesn't kill me only makes me adopt maladaptive coping behaviors.
- search.app/CJwtVT3PKSnz... Another senseless school shooting.
- I want a president who doesn’t post nonsense like this
- Take a seat...
- It is possible to love what was and love what is. It is possible to build a new life while honoring an old. Grief makes your heart bigger, deeper and stronger for what comes next if you let it. #grief #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief
- Why does this seem like a bad idea www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
- Blame it on the brainworms. Kennedy is mentally unwell and unfit for office of any kind. I pray we have don't have another pandemic with him at the helm.
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- The he debt that college graduates are being saddled with is criminal. This doesn’t happen in other developed countries, only the U.S.
- Higher learning institutions need to be held accountable as well. Loan rates, both subsidized and unsubsidized need reasonable or no interest rates.
- Most schools have banned phones. You can't ignore technology in education. It needs to be utilized in the classroom. Why not have the kids text the teacher an answer, have them make a TikTok video on a topic? Young adults need to learn to use their phones without it hindering them. Tech is a tool.
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- We are currently paying for our daughter to finish her masters. It’s her only chance to become financially solvent. She loves teaching but the profession is underpaid, horribly unappreciated and mentally taxing.She has been doing it for 9 years and I give her credit for sticking it out this long.
- I loved teaching. I miss the kids, not the other bs. After my husband passed, going down to one income, it just wasn't feasible. Yet, people wonder why there is a teacher shortage. A shortage that won't change until pay and respect are established.
- This guy is intentionally skewing words. A “source” is far different than an FBI agent, which was the accusation. The FBI had sources in Al Qaeda, Russia, the KKK, everywhere. A source is just that, a person who tells the FBI things.
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- The mob is the perfect example. Sammy, "The Bull", was an informer/source.
- Vance is a pillsbury dough boy who spews, gaslighting, word salads to manipulate red hats when he's given permission to speak. He's desperately seeking approval from the puppet regime & craves the limelight. A manipulator of lies. Flies under the radar. Don't underestimate him, training has begun.
- ...And we are deep in holiday season joy, it isn't joyful for all and that isn't lost on me. Pausing to acknowledge the hard stuff. Thinking of all that people are facing, and lots that we do not know. Sending a hug and positive vibes to whoever needs it ❤️
- This didn’t happen so much it unhappened other things that happened.
- Tis the Season...
- This is going to save hospitals a lot of money ! www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re...
- None of this matters if insurances aren't on board. Is it pre-approved? Is everyone treating you "in network". Bottom line you're saving hospitals, not patients.
- Turn this picture to the right. Stolen from a friend.
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View full threadYeah and people wonder why God is so pissed off.
- Because Republican Jesus is an asshole...
- The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
- Truly unclear whether this is a leap forward. It’s a good thing to have your guard (a little bit) up and be confronted with authentic human disagreement. I worry that this place is like a space station for the mind.
- Having your guard up is a good thing. Your keyboard warriors have "no" guards. I like the experiment. It's Social Media helping to restore a sense of structure in discourse and disagreement. I like the humanity blended in.
- Absolutely zero shade at all, but why were so many reporters and politicians drunk on a Monday evening?
- Koreans are the Irish of Asia!! 🤣
- You win! ☘️ Thanks for the laugh 😂
- Never assume you're the smartest one in the room. ...And know if you are; you're doing it wrong.
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View full threadThe point is that's the timespan for first Boomers at the earliest and then into X at the latest would be getting that treatment, and there was just as many moral panics over them in their adolescences if not more with stuff like rock, comics, D&D, etc.
- I know what point you're trying to make... I'll respectfully adhere to my own.
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- I like this better than lobsters...
- Which means the latest ones would be in their teens in the mid-90s, thus ripe for "kids these days" assessments at the time.
- Tell that to the "Silent Generation". If you're going to use a reference, do so accurately.
- Let's clarify something. There's a difference between a true single parent or a solo parent. The fore mentioned are doing it ALL alone. Discipline, finances, decisions. If you have a coparent at any stage of the game, or you have your child 50% of the time; you are only a single parent part time.
- As I sit here in a car dealership as the only woman in the waiting room packed with men working on my laptop while they all stare at their phones, I am reminded that single mothers are expected to do all the family and money-earning work of married couples, all by themselves.
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View full threadIt's much easier when you're a man because you are constantly offered help and sympathy. Our culture prefers to blame and shame single moms. It's not the same.
- It's not the same but it doesn't mean it's not challenging for any single or solo parent. Expectations & standards are different for men & women. I personally dislike it when divorced parents who have their children 50% of the time claim to be single parents. They have a coparent. Solo parents don't
- I feel this...
- At some point, we will all grieve someone or something. #grief #widow #thegriefspot #thegspot #griefisadirtyword #normalizegrief
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- Totally agree with this. Thoughts ?
- When my husband was in hospice our dogs visited him❤️
- Religion does NOT belong in our schools! Agreed? ✋
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View full threadTrue, however I would also argue we would either need to offer funding for post secondary education to make this possible. For many, post secondary is out of the picture financially. Life skills should indeed be first to be added — my high school cut cooking/sewing class through polling students.
- I agree that higher education funding needs radical changes to make it more accessible. This includes working with high school students.
