stacysch




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Be a Foster mom
on fostering 1 year ago

I love kids and I “get” them. I couldn’t take on a permanent kid, but I think I could take one in for a bit.
Back when I was big with child, living in Fort Worth and struggling, struggling, I did this in a small, tiny way.
The kids across the street were outside, just sitting. Finally as it started to get dark I went over and asked if they were hungry. There parents hadn’t come home. They were hungry.
We left a note on their door and came over to my house and made spaghetti. It turned out their parents had been arrested for writing hot checks and everyone had forgotten them. They didn’t have a key, or a phone, they were alone.
We had a nice night. A relative came over around 11 p.m. and collected them.
The next morning, I found a picture on my doorstep that the older boy made for me. A picture of a fat, happy baby and a note, “Thank you for dinner!, You’re gonna be a great mom and your baby is gonna be very cool.”
Since then, I’ve thought fostering might be a fine thing to do.

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go to Big Bend and climb the peak I skipped last time
I came back down... 1 year ago

The person I was with convinced me that going up the peak would end the relationship, he was afraid I would fall off the rocks, the very same rocks that thousands of people, people less fit than I amble up perfectly fine every year.
I came back down for all the wrong reasons and one day I’ll go back and go all the way up for all the right ones.

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turn a cartwheel
on cartwheels 1 year ago

I love cartwheels. I used to do cartwheels, both one and two armed on summer nights. Since my arm was injured, I haven’t felt brave enough to try it again. I’m aware my arm could break again, but one day, I’ll be strong enough…one day when I’m far too old to do a cartwheel, I’ll do a cartwheel.

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eat out less learn hacking do 100 consecutive push-ups apteryx wants to Earn some money publish fiction eat more plantains Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do Learn Flash Take a "one-year off" trip go to China Spend at least half an hour every day reading a book floss more Change for the better inspire someone take an alphabet of photos see the aurora borealis have a flat tummy Stephanie wants to Take a photo every day Learn to shoot a bow and arrow purchase consciously: organic, local, fair trade... find my faith Be myself sasspot wants to lose 50 pounds Have a little bit of pointless fun every day find my father Watch all the Buffy The Vampire Slayer episodes go to vietnam regain my creativity