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Erin Tinsman

@erinjoy.bsky.social

Just an Erin married to an Aaron with a beautiful blended family across 2 states. Follow if you like nerdery, emotional honesty, parenting stories, thoughts on co-parenting long distance after divorce, politics, and exvangelical takes. 🪴

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Liberated Creep 2028 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

04.03.2026 17:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This young man stopped in his tracks and said "aww! Guys look! A baby! We need to he careful!" and then he walked over and patted my toddler on the back and said "Hi little guy are you having fun today?" 🥹🥹 It was so sweet. He was so gentle and kind and wanted to know all about him.

04.03.2026 17:34 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There's something so beautiful to me about young boys who light up when they see a baby or a toddler. Today I had just the youngest at the children's museum near our home, and a school group was there. A second grader (whose first name is baby's middle name!) was enamored with my littlest 🥹

04.03.2026 17:34 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There is a reason why many of the people on the front lines of Minneapolis were clergy, and there's a reason why the first people John Brown appealed to were religious. Turns out, you are more willing to fight for your neighbor when you fully believe you should love them as you love yourself.

04.03.2026 16:59 — 👍 20    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

His speeches are extremely embarrassing.

04.03.2026 14:00 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi everyone, don't even engage with this tech

04.03.2026 13:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love smart little peeps! That's amazing!

04.03.2026 10:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You 10yo

🤝

04.03.2026 02:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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My 10 year old son, peppering this word into his speech at the rate of one per sentence:

04.03.2026 02:19 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

This is disgusting.

04.03.2026 02:14 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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04.03.2026 00:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

03.03.2026 19:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What tour? 😏

03.03.2026 19:46 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I too was exposed to that curriculum. And BJU Press nonsense.

03.03.2026 16:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Can the public state they don't consent? Lord what a mess

03.03.2026 14:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I wasn't familiar with this quote, but damn if this doesn't summarize where I am in my journey...

03.03.2026 14:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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absolutely no way i wasn’t going to import this from reels

03.03.2026 03:53 — 👍 356    🔁 105    💬 11    📌 18

Depressing as hell.

03.03.2026 12:58 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

What a gal 🤩

02.03.2026 17:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No, you know what? Children are really good and kind. They can be spoiled and selfish, sure, but the children I've met are generous, loving, and encouraging.

He's in a (classless) class unto himself.

02.03.2026 17:12 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah we knew when he said "I don't know what I'd get it for" at the SOTU that he still wants one and definitely tried to get it already.

[expletive] what a child

02.03.2026 17:11 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Brentley, WHAT????

02.03.2026 17:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I love it when I see things I had as a kid after years of forgetting it existed! I saw it and immediately felt the top of it on my palm and heard the obnoxious (yet strangely gratifying?) BWONG BWONG BWONG sound it made when struck.

02.03.2026 16:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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You night be an elder millennial if you see the microphone and think "OMG I had that" and then see the Loch Ness figurine and think "it's a Leopluridon, Charlie!"

02.03.2026 14:08 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Maybe the real terrorist was Kash Patel all along

02.03.2026 12:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A few nights ago I came up from the basement after spending some tearful moments with my declining elderly cat only to find Aaron in the process of putting brownies in the oven.

"What is this?" I asked, excited.

He shrugged and said "Bestie needed some chocolate".

Bestie did.

02.03.2026 12:03 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Broccoli. That's IT! 🤯😱

02.03.2026 02:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😮‍💨

02.03.2026 02:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Daddddddddy😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 that's a great young man you've got there!!

Trying things as a family reminds me of when my bigs and I tried dried kiwi a few years ago. I'll need to send you that video.

02.03.2026 00:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0