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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
For a while I have tried to find a thread I had started when I joined the forum that could be a "home" thread for me.
Being busy about the forum has been a coping style, where I can acknowledge all my different life experiences that had been silenced. Possibly do some good and prevent things from getting worse. Like the little boy with the finger in the dyke.
Feeling fragile
Needing Nurture
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
ohh sending you lots of hugs @outlander and sitting with you
hello @Appleblossom , @Glisten , @PeppyPatti , @Emelia8 , @tyme
as you know I am a step mum but no children of my own
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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GlistenSenior Contributor
@Shaz51 what @outlander said. The Shazzlings are your own.
Reproductive organs have little to do with being a parent.
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tymeModerator
@Shaz51 , I really hope you are okay. I read that the shelves are empty where you are because of the floods? Please take care.
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Emelia8Senior Contributor
Hi @Shaz51 👋 Same for me. I am a step mum too, without children of my own 💕. I hope you are faring okay up there post floods.
Hi @Appleblossom @tyme @Glisten @outlander @PeppyPatti
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Institutional abuse https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/paedophile-priest-gerald-ridsdale-dead-ballarat-diocese/103762632?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
not sure why popes infection more important than the 4 premature deaths in my family
yep some things get tried in court of law… and some people just have to suck it up
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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tymeModerator
Hey @outlander @Appleblossom @Emelia8 @Glisten @Shaz51
Hope you are all okay. Or as okay as you can be.
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GlistenSenior Contributor
@tyme I’m good today. I need a new mattress. Sleep is everything for me 🤓
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tymeModerator
I slept on the floor for nearly a year @Glisten . I gave my mattress away. If you were around me, I'd give you my mattress too 🙂
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