Recent content by tallheel95

I was worried about a friend of mine (who holds a green card) when she traveled to Europe this summer.... was pushing her to get citizenship before she left. Turns out she had zero problems and she was actually surprised when she was welcomed with open arms back into the country. There's a lot...

Sorry to hear that, CHS. As a parent of two autistic children, I totally understand the struggle of attempting to do something fairly normal (plane flight, dinner out with relatives, etc) and have it be far more difficult than anticipated, and then feel let down/exhausted after it's over. It's...

Sure, all this could be true... but also he's also almost 80. I think when you get to that point, you start to realize realize you're not going to live forever and you're hoping just to live another decade.

I personally know three families that are either currently moving or preparing to move to another country within the next six months. My husband and I are not considering this option, but we are certainly in despair about the situation that our young children are going to grow up in here. It’s...

This. I thought I’d try again recently so had some edibles in the evening with friends after a concert. Didn’t feel much and went to bed. Then… woke up at 5am and thought I was having a heart attack, a panic attack or had gotten covid. Was freaking the f out. After a spell (and some...

My husband lived in an African country for a few years and still to this day hesitates to wear shorts.

Sorry to hear that. Life really can be difficult, and you've had your fair share of challenges.

Why wouldn’t they? Humans are basically self-centered and short-sighted, and we are on a path to destroy the planet. Any machine using basic logic would figure that out and try to limit our impact by whatever means possible. We have had the luxury of being an apex predator for about 300,000...

🤡 the clown show continues. It was just a matter of time that these two would go at each other… but it’s just a male version of the real housewives of DC, with bigger stakes. I just want to live in a normal country with tan suit level controversy…

I think it is hard to convey all the emotions that you feel as a parent of special needs child. Happy and proud, absolutely... but there are always recurring moments of grief and sadness. The "what could have been" thoughts even though you love this child with all your heart. And oh yes...

There's lots to like about my neighborhood -- many trees, near the greenway, generally kind neighbors. No pressure of trying to keep up with the Joneses because none of the Joneses are very fancy. However, I do live fairly close to public housing. Unfortunately what that has meant that there...

I'm so sorry that you have to go through this. Unfortunately with mental health it can be challenging to differentiate between bipolar disorder, substance use, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, ADHD, etc. And many times medication trials fail and/or patients become non-compliant due to...

It’s stories like these that make me want to go off the grid and never see the news or access the internet again. It’s just so dark and disturbing. I just can’t understand how we got here.

I went to Crabtree last weekend to return an online item and it was packed. I was somewhat surprised... no visible sign of economic slowdown there.