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@rav3n

If today couldn't get any harder...

One of my neighbours came by with a support worker and social worker to ask me to take care of her cats over the weekend

TW: SI

I'm safe but quite overwhelmed just by seeing her

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@avant-garde wrote:

@AuntGlow

Oh I have so many cute little bags from various sources!

From the kind you get on fancy flights with slippers

To gorgeous clutch type pouches from boutique clearance

And the drawstring bags you can get from the body shop

Along with more handbag style for various purposes

I have a lot of different toiletry bags and pencil cases simply for the versatility and size.

I actually use a pencil case for my travel cords

And I have a bag that is a fidget itself because it's just one long zip!

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I love this!! 🤩 I saw a clutch-style bag walking past an op-shop today and thought of you! It was patent red with a pearl clasp and silver chain, very pretty. @avant-garde

How was seeing Jasmine? 💛

oh i'm sorry to hear how overwhelming it was, i'd feel quite uneasy if i had a surprise visit during a rough time too. glad you're safe, and please do continue to take things easy and be gentle 💙

@AuntGlow

I won 9 games of go fish and she won 2

I won't say it was great... it was good until this happened

@avant-garde haha I am sure she loved that (mostly) 😂

Gosh, this would have been so understandably triggering and vulnerable. It makes sense that you were flooded with so many thoughts and feelings...

What have you been doing to be there for yourself tonight? And is there anything specific you need from us? 💛

@AuntGlow

I watched tv, cleaned the toilet, listened to my audiobook and then eliminated 7 flies when I couldn't sleep.

My cat was thoroughly amused

hahah I am sure your cat was amused. 😂 @avant-garde

What audiobook are you listening to at the moment?

@AuntGlow

A Princess of Wind and Wave: a retelling of the Little Mermaid by Melanie Cellier

I just had therapy...

@Jynx

I got super super angry at Bible study on Tuesday and I just need someone to vent to that is going to understand, knowing where I stand on this (which you and I have already discussed at various times)

There are various places nearby that are showing support for the LGBTQ community and it made me so so angry at how snooty my church can be, they speak so condescendingly about their gender diversity that I get riled up because of how strongly I relate to having been judged!

I actually said to them on Tuesday that they're human too and how they identify doesn't change that, one of them agreed but they still went on with their conversation

What hurts though is that I was raised to believe I wasn't worth having around, I wasn't worth love and care and respect, I relate to the Samaritan woman, the outcasts, Mary Magdalene and Rahab. If I walked into church, trained as I was, how would they have treated me.

I know what they think about the homeless and the different, they call them undesirables. I've been called that in my past. But my heart is for them, because when I was 20 I had someone tell me that I'm worth loving too.