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I've become the matrimonial bed for a pair of darter dragonflies. I guess I'm honored to witness the consummation? Look, if I have to partake then so do y'all. Behold the majesty of love and nature!

Oh. I'm on Bluesky. Oops. I should probably update this more.

My Wall of Inspiration has grown a little more after Pride yesterday.

I made it to Nashua Pride! I'm ready for a gay day, wishing Lili was here. If anyone wants to send spending money my way to help me support local LGBTQ+ owned businesses and our allies I would be grateful!

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'acceptance'
june 18, 2025

this summer i have decided
to walk sin through a graveyard
picking out matching burial plots,
wedded as we are till death do us part.

I heard back from the local Secular Franciscans tonight! I'll be attending their July meeting. I can join the Friends of the Fransiscans until I'm confirmed and once confirmed I can begin the discernment process and formation classes. Thanks be to God!

I'm hospitalized again, but all is not lost. I have the companionship of Bunnifer Lopez and plenty of reading and writing to do.

New tactic just dropped.

I finished one book today just in time for two more to arrive today and a third one tomorrow. Onward to deepening my faith and discernment and walking closer toward being anti-racist.

22 Bible Verses on Welcoming Immigrants There are many Bible verses related to migration in the Bible. These passages outline how the people of God are supposed to treat people who are not of their tribe or community, today known as migrant...

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'the deportation of christ'

And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.' - Matthew 25:40

Every day I appeal to God, asking that He frustrates the plans of the cunning in our government. Much can be learned about the patient bearing of trials in the Book of Job, but faith without works is dead. I also seek ways I can actively intervene and be of service to the marginalized and oppressed.

The white lilacs are in bloom all over the city and it delights my heart.

I don't know. The U.S. is more giving Parable of the Sower right now honestly. Octavia Butler hit a little too on the nose 30 years ago.

In the interest of accountability, these are my new rules for social media use:
* It is not a journal! Use pen & paper
* PAUSE & THINK
* 15 min in morning after prayers
* Only 1 post/day from me
* No sharing more than 2/day from white people
* Unlimited shares from IBPOC
* 15 min at night before 9pm

I'll also be moving forward on resolving my mortal sin so I can fully repent. I'll still be available through messaging apps and phone, but I won't be posting starting March 5 through April 17. [2/2]

Lent starts this Wednesday. I am giving up social media for Lent so I can focus my time and attention on two defects of character and an aspect of my neurodivergence to change for the better. It's both my sacrifice and an amends. [1/2]

CW: food

I have a new favorite breakfast which is thankfully considerably more affordable than eggs, cheese, and potatoes. Hot cereal with a scoop of strawberry protein powder, almonds, dried cranberries, raisins, and unsweetened shredded coconut. Delicious and nutritious!

I'm glad yours healed up! I hope you never have to experience one again.

Thanks! I've been struggling with this wound for over a year now. I'm looking forward to it finally closing up.

I'm changing my wound dressing today and surprised by what I see. My wound look orders of magnitude better. Never underestimate the power of prayer and a can-do attitude.

Photo in comments.

This spoke to me so deeply as I read it. I know this is a big part of what I am specially called to do. There's a reason I was drawn to get my MS in Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability from Antioch University New England. [4/4]

- Pope John Paul II
Essential Elements in the Church's Teaching on Religious Life as Applied to Institutes Dedicated to Works of the Apostolate [3/4]

Religious poverty, chastity, and obedience can speak forcefully and clearly to today's world which is suffering from so much consumerism and discrimination, eroticism and hatred, violence and oppression." [2/4]

"Social protest is not the purpose of the vows, but there is no doubt that the living of them has always offered a witness to values which challenge society just as they challenge the religious themselves. [1/4]

A sample from yesterday (shared with their consent) of how our handwriting compares.

Left: how Tessa holds a pen in our left hand to write.
Right: how I hold our pen in our right hand to write, which apparently is a very ADHD grasp.

I found that interesting as I'm journaling this morning.

I've decided to go back to an off-center part now that the side shave has grown out. I had to do a little snippy snippy to make it look okay. - Adric

God speaks through synchronicities, and I know He loves me as I am.

"When we experience rejection, let's find comfort in Leah's story. We can rest in the love of God, who makes up for what we lack."

I hear you, God. May I learn not to be the person rejecting, too.