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Building a family
🏠 Building a Family – One Moment at a Time Building a family isn’t just about sharing a name or a house — it’s about creating a space where love grows, where safety is felt, and where even the smallest moments matter. It’s in the quiet routines: meals together, inside jokes, comforting hugs after long days. It’s in the challenges, too — learning to listen, compromise, forgive, and show up, …
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Being lovesick.
💔 Lovesick – When the Heart Doesn’t Listen to Logic Being lovesick is a strange kind of ache. It’s not loud like heartbreak, and not sweet like love. It’s the in-between – when your mind knows it’s time to move on, but your heart keeps waiting. You check your phone too often. You replay conversations that meant everything to you, and maybe nothing to them. You imagine scenarios, rewrite endings, …
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What’s it like to be a ethnic minority
🌍 What It’s Like Being an Ethnic Minority Being part of an ethnic minority is often a balancing act — between belonging and standing out, speaking up and staying safe, honoring your roots while navigating the world around you. Sometimes, it means being the only one in the room who looks like you. Sometimes, it means being asked, “But where are you *really* from?” — even if you've only ever …
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When I am running low on candy
🍫 When the Candy Runs Low… It starts innocently: a little chocolate after dinner. Then maybe a gummy bear or two. Later, just one more piece – to "finish the day." And then it hits you. The horror. The drawer is empty. The stash is gone. Nothing but a sad, crumpled wrapper remains. Panic sets in. 😱 The 5 Stages of Candy Shortage 1. Denial “There *has* to be more …
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