Mellie Doucette 🇨🇦

Moments are so fleeting.

Whatever you can do to make the people in your life know you love them, do it.

And despite how hard it is, when people tell you they matter to you—try to believe them.

My aunt was similar, and passed away late last year. Her’s was cancer, though. And she ended up having three years to really see what she meant to people. The woman we remembered today was taken without warning. Without a chance to really see what she meant.

But she was also human, with the quirks and foibles that come with it. I think she was like me in that way, treating those parts as more than the good.

She was a woman who was always kind, generous, hardworking, and self-sacrificing. She went the extra mile for everything and expected nothing in return.

She didn’t want people making a fuss over her. Not even for a funeral. She wasn’t someone who accepted love easily, or saw herself as deserving of appreciation.

But she was. Of course she was.

Last week, a dear family friend who was like a second mother to me and my sister passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly. She didn’t want a service, so we said our goodbyes today in a more casual setting.

But the thing sticking with me is why she didn’t want a service.

This has been the longest February I’ve ever known

Thank you, I really do appreciate it. 😭❤️🫂

For real. At first I thought it was just someone mixing up the places, since that happens all the time, but after I told him it was the wrong place he tripled down and ended up slamming into my door and banging my window HARD until it woke the neighbours up, too. Scary as hell. 😱

What does it say about me that I don’t wanna wake anyone else up? 😅 I think it’s okay now anyways, he ran off and the banging woke up my neighbours (townhomes) so I think that spooked him off.

Physically 100%. Just scared out of my skin. Guy was going real hard at my door and window. 😬

Yeah, just seriously shaken up. Definitely not gonna be going back to sleep!

What a week 😭

Hi someone tried to break into my place tonight so I guess sleep is cancelled. Hope your night is going better.

Death fucking sucks.

I became Senior VP at a multi-million dollar company at age 26. My salary was $600k. This was in 2018. How did I do it? Blacked out lines CEO (my dad) promoted me to SVP. There are no gimmicks. There are no shortcuts.

This is blackout poetry to me

Of my four best friends, one I met at 13, and one at 15. They’ve made an incredible impact on my life, even if our relationships have shifted with the ways we’ve changed over the years. ❤️

Edmonton TTRPG locals, this one is for you! I’ve played in Shannon’s games and can absolutely attest to her being a fantastic GM. You’ll have an amazing experience playing at this table. 🔥

no

An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible

the idea that making art is embarrassing if you don't do it well enough to make a career out of it is an objectively harmful and toxic brainworm.

Oh noooo, I swore you could never learn how much I loved and appreciated my GM. 😭

Noooooo. [REDACTED] is one of both my favourite GMs and human beings of all time. 😭

Oh no, [REDACTED] is always the best. There’s a reason I keep coming back!

That would stress me out so much. 😭

I don’t know if this is a hot take but games have rules for a reason. I like the shared boundary at the table that we agree to in the social contract of play. Rules are part of the narrative, and working with instead of against them leads to extremely memorable moments.

Iron Lung good

Holy crow, this is absolutely gorgeous. I’m in love with this piece! 😍

Illustration of a black Anaconda snake hissing, bright lights shine from it’s eyes. The snake has blue, green, pink, and yellow patterns on it's scales.

The hunger

This is still a conservative estimate from direct deaths with verified remains. It also doesn't include deaths from disease, starvation, and other causes that were indirect. The death toll is likely 3-4 times as high.

Even with that, this is still 3% of the total population killed.