Shanell

Disabled people who can work are worthy.

Disabled people who cannot work are worthy.

Disabled people who are completely independent are worthy.

Disabled people who rely on others for assistance are worthy.

ALL disabled people are worthy.

Hubby was laid off. I feel lost. I really need things to be ok but it's gonna be rough. I'm yelling into the void because there's not much else to do. New work will mean relocating and I honestly don't know how we're gonna do it. Hey, void, thanks for listening. I'm gonna cry myself to sleep now.

Until then, I'll fill a super soaker with window cleaner. I'm down for refilling an awesome dispenser to save on waste.

Cleaning products industry: Want me to buy your stuff? Make it feel like I'm blasting evil minions, not like I'm a 60's housewife. Make dispensers look futuristic while making their contents equally so with sustainable, environmentally-friendly materials.

FOUND

Troopers: Missing woman last seen at Harborview Washington State Patrol has issued a Missing Indigenous Person alert for a woman last seen at Harborview Medical Center earlier this week.

Last seen at Harborview in Seattle Mar 10, 4:00pm wearing a black jacket, red sweatpants, a gray camo hat and light pink Jordan’s. #missing #seattle
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Donald Trump wants to pick and choose which journalists are allowed in his press pool.

This is what dictators do.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hugo asleep with his dolly. It's Regan, from The Exorcist. He loves her so much, he only ripped off one of her arms. 🤣

If you are disabled and impacted by wildfires and need help, call or text the Disability and Disaster Hotline at 800-626-4959 or email hotline@disasterstrategies.org

New chalk #persist

Without teeth, it is worse. He wasn't a candidate for implants so it's dentures. Tomorrow is the last try-on for adjustments. So next week, he resets to 2022. If only he could reset to 2019 when it started. 2/2 #fuckcancer #hpv

Tomorrow my husband tries on his new teeth. Radiation to treat mouth cancer (get your HPV vax) deteriorated his jaw and caused the need to remove with teeth. He doesn't have a full tongue (again, get the Gardasil, like I did in my 5th decade). So he has trouble eating and vocally articulating. 1/2

O tardigrade, O water bear,
You microscopic treasure.
Through comet strikes you're still around
Extinction never got you down.
O tardigrade, O water bear,
You microscopic treasure!
4/4

O tardigrade, O water bear,
You'll ever be adapting.
You change your cells when water's gone
You live in space and in my lawn.
O Tardigrade, O water bear,
You'll ever be adapting.
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O tardigrade, o water bear,
You hold such fascination!
From ocean depths to mountain tops
You survive when Nature flops.
O tardigrade, o water bear,
You hold such fascination!
2/4

Lyrics written by me in 2021

O Tardigrade
(sung to the tune of “O Christmas Tree”)

O tardigrade, O water bear,
You'll ever be enduring!
Not just alive at 10 below
You survive desert's hottest glow.
O tardigrade, o water bear,
You'll ever be enduring!
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What to do when a cluster headaches sufferer is in the midst of an attack.

Hugo, an Australian cattle dog\bulldog\mutt mix is giving an unsure but reassuring expression, with his ears flopped down and showing his underbite

Hugo both wants to reassure and be reassured.

Something that made me emotional this morning: There is a science journal for children. It’s by Frontiers and is called Frontiers for Young Minds. 🥹🧪

This is how it works👇

We all come from a long line of survivors or we wouldn't be here today.

I don't chase down ancestry to find famous folks or wealth but they seem to exist on many of the sturdier branches. Those stories tend to carry on strongly enough to be remembered and retold, if for no other reason than that the paperwork tends to endure.

There are trends in the responses to tragedy, survival, and trauma that we still move through today, even if we don't know the background. The generational stories that are part of us include chapters like the ones we will exist through.

I'm a hobby family genealogist. It's incredible how much can be gleaned from a few documents—not just of dates, but of our ancestors' responses to upheaval. I feel closely connected to a few ancestors who I've never met but whose lives I strongly empathize with for one reason or another.

Hugo says: hang in there!