Trying to nurture life, hope, and abundance. Sometimes succeeding.
Chesterfield, Virginia
Joined June 2010
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@1a We are refugee foster parents and have kids in our home who chose to be placed with a foster family instead of host/family because they knew they would have to work if they lived with family.
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The challenge is that she has family she chose not to live with because she wanted to go to school. Her family simply would not afford to have her live with them and not work though.
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I'm a home cook feeding a family of ten-and I ain't got the time to take pretty pictures or the $$ to eat food this fancy. #fosterdad #realmasculinity
I'm a home cook feeding a family of four.
I love everything about the cooking process, from prep to tasting and it allows me to detatch from life and relax.
Cooking at home is an amazing experience, so come along with me if you love home cooking too and let's learn together!
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Sonic coming in at #2 is the big news here. Local spot is going to win, but I expected 5 guys in second, followed by in-n-out.
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When I was working security at @fullerseminary, I got called to the school library to chase a streaker who was wearing (only) tennis shoes, a backpack, and a mask. I didn't stop to think what I would do if I caught him until later...(thankfully I didn't catch him!)
What is your most unhinged story from grad school?
Mine was probably the time I picked a dead flounder up off the lab floor and then ran to a public bathroom with it in my hands and sobbed over its body in a stall.
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Andrew Book retweeted
A 4th Grader in your family during the 2022-2023 School Year?
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I have no idea if this would work, but I would love to see us try!
“Upton is prepared to offer Democrats an incentive to back him. As speaker, he says, he would assure that all House committees contain equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats …”
~ @NolanFinleyDN detroitnews.com/story/opinio…
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I put the girl’s dal on her rice instead of beside it. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated during this difficult time.
We finally have something to share for the #SunflowerChallenge2022!
Wishing you all joy in the #garden today. #growsomething
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It turns out parenting isn’t all that different across the animal kingdom!
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I save myself from this type of revelation by avoiding TikTok, thus I’m blissfully ignorant of how out of style I (probably) 😊
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This is part of what I was talking about this morning:
On this day in 1954, the United States backed a coup against Jacobo Árbenz, the progressive, democratically elected leader of Guatemala, because he sought to restore land to small farmers and Indigenous communities that had been dispossessed by US fruit companies.
