More Spilled Tea... Well, There's Gallons Of It To Spill Isn't There?

 I'm Two Posts ahead that are Scheduled and not yet Published, whoop whoop!   I realized our Backup Bank's Balance was healthy enuf for me to do some much needed Grocery Shopping and get Gas with that Account while waiting for the new Debit Card from my Main Bank and also wait on our delayed Social Security Checks to hit.  Our Checks haven't been coming with any consistency since this Administration took over.  So, clearly Social Security's cuts are already causing problems for Recipients.  When my Friend's Daughter was visiting, she is an Attorney for the IRS and has been for 15 Years.  She said the delays they used to have that took 2-6 Weeks to resolve, now that 40% of their Staff have been Cut, will take a Year or more!!!  Yikes!   Just a couple of Major Federal Programs Negatively impacted already that is being felt.

A Friend of mine was saying one of her Best Friends has a Daughter with Down's Syndrome who was receiving SSI.  She's now been dropped, becoz, apparently, Donnie Two Dolls has "Cured" Down's Syndrome enuf it's no longer considered a Qualifying Disability according to the Social Security Letter the Mother got on behalf of her Disabled Child!!!  {See Above}  I've received such Letters for my Disabled Loved Ones over the Years, just more Families will be getting them now.  The afflicted Daughter isn't even Verbal and requires a Full Time Caregiver and much Medical intervention.  Many people with Down's Syndrome, along with the Developmental Disabilities at varying levels, also often have serious and chronic Health Issues as well.   To prove this is Real, the Mom redacted some Private info on the Letter but Shared the Letter on Social Media to prove a Point and wants it circulated, so, I'll oblige.  

Of coarse this is not "New", my Grandson who has Paranoid Schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity Disorder, also requiring a Full Time Unpaid Caregiver, was Denied SSI several times, he's been on Appeal for literally Years.  You often had to be Flavor of the Month to Qualify even before the Big Ugly Bill was passed, and many Disabled People are Denied Benefits all the time and must keep Appealing that decision.   It can take Years to MAYBE Qualify.  Didn't matter how many Doctor and Specialist Letters provided, how long a Medical History proves said Disability is Permanent, how many Meds you might be on, how many Institutionalization or Hospitalization you required for what was Wrong with you, how Unemployable you may be to Support yourself or even do the Work.   So, what they've done now is just make what was already a Bad Situation even Worse.  So, now those who DID manage to Qualify, are getting Denied and kicked off too, being Disqualified for changed opinions about their Disabilities.  Perhaps they expect them all to Work in the Fields doing what the Deported Migrant Farm Workers were doing, I dunno?

And don't you know that once people begin losing their Medicaid and ACA, the Cost of everyone's Insurance they get from their Employers and Retirement Medical Benefits Plans, will also go up.   To offset what Hospitals will lose when Medicaid and the ACA isn't reimbursing them for Care provided for and to the Uninsured.   And the Rural Hospitals that will have to close, especially in many Red States that have a higher percentile of Rural Citizens and those on Medicaid and the ACA will impact all in those Communities.  And the States that don't have a good GDP like many Blue States like Cali do, won't be able to sustain or afford a level of Care needed for anyone if they don't get Federal assistance.   This has a long reaching ripple effect, don't think it won't.   Cali makes up about 14% of the total National Economy and is now the 4th largest Economy in THE WORLD... just the State of California!   

So those that despise Blue States as being too Liberal or whatever, they contribute more to the total National Economy than many other Red States, probably combined, and who rely on Federal Benefits a lot and who will be impacted most.  Cali's GDP was $4.1 TRILLION in 2024, pretty Impressive I think, regardless of your Politics, it's impressive.  That must have helped America's Economy a lot I would also think, and our Federal Government's coffers.    Anyway, just a little bit of Data being tossed out there about some Systems that will be more overwhelmed and even less efficient than they were already struggling with before.   I'm very concerned about how much worse it all will get and if any damage control run behind the Crisis caused by this Administration can even remedy any of it, let alone all of it? 

  

The Systems being crashed, slashed, cut, burned, destroyed and eliminated are a broad Brushstroke of them, it's very chaotic and poorly thought out and implemented.  From Education to your Healthcare Systems, Retirement, Social Services Programs for the most Vulnerable of Society, Global Trade, National Security and Intelligence Agencies, our Legal System, your Rights... the Laundry List is pretty long, you can Google it if you want the whole List of the Fuckery that will hurt the majority of the American people.    And I know the Dear Readers that come here, I'm singing to the Choir about all of this.   It's mostly so I can get it all off my Chest and also inform a lot of our International Dear Readers that not all Americans are like this or supporting any of this and believe it's an abomination and an intentional destruction of our Democracy and our basic Decency as a Nation. 

BTW:  The Pixs Shared of this Antique Rosary I snared from an Auction site, it's Crazy Expensive, but, I wanted to Save the Pixs they had of it, coz it is Beautiful.   I'm not convinced it's the Age claimed it is, they're claiming 1700's?   I have my reasons of why I doubt, but, I could be Wrong?  For the price they were asking, I'd want a Certificate of Authenticity and provenance to prove how it was Authenticated.   Sometimes at Auctions I deliberately look at the most Expensive items at Auction just to see how Magnificent some of them are, and how Old.  The one Below is also claimed to be from the 1700's and Gold... again, that's pretty Ancient... and I don't know how much wear should be expected on Antiquities, these just seem quite unworn for their alleged Age.   I have quite a few Antique Rosaries, not as Ancient as 1700's and the wear and Age on all of them is obvious.   I have some that are Sterling and some that are Gold, they show Wear after that much Age.

But they sure are Beautiful, however Old they are, or aren't.  So, worth Sharing Imagery of.  One of my very first Collections were my Religious Antiquities, especially Rosaries.  I'm not even a Catholic, but I have always Loved Rosaries and even used to make Custom Rosaries for people out of precious Stone Beads and Sterling Silver Crucifixes and Centerpiece.   I also Gifted many to Friends, and to a Priest I knew, Father Jim, who handed them out Gratis to the Faithful on the Mission Field who needed one or perhaps couldn't afford one.  The Arthritis in my Hands worsened making Jewelry and Rosary making harder for me, and the Eyesight isn't as good either for detailed Work like that now.  So, I haven't done it for a while now, haven't done a lot of Handwork I used to do in Fabric Art either, Sewing my Hand, mostly making Hippie Carpet Bags and Boho Purses out of Antique Fabrics, Trims and Antique Costume Jewelry Accessories.

On the Good News Front, Two of my Industry Friends are Celebrating their Anniversaries, my Friend Nina and Husband {Above}, and my Friend Brandon and Husband {Below}.   Our Oldest Daughter and her Husband Celebrated their Anniversary this Month too.   She didn't Post any Anniversary Pixs of she and our SIL, I Wish she would have.   But, she and the SIL have never taken many Pixs, not even of their Kids when they were growing up.  I'm so glad all their Kiddos are more about Pathological Picture Taking and making sure they Share them with us all, they won't regret it.   I have a hard time keeping up on all the Anniversaries and Birthdays now as the Family keeps expanding.  *Smiles*  I need a Spread Sheet to keep it all current in my Mind.  *Ha ha ha*   I'm better than The Man is, Bless him, due to his Memory Care Issues, he doesn't even recognize some of the Grandkids and Great-Grandkids now or their Names, let alone their Ages or Birthdays/Anniversaries.  I have to remind him each and every time. 

So far, Family he sees every day he has good Memory about all of us so far, but, I know that could change as the Disease progresses.   And, the Kiddos he doesn't remember don't live near us so we never see them in person and they don't really know he has no idea who they are sometimes.   The harder part for those Grandkids in Pennsylvania is that one of their other Grandpa's has more advanced Dementia and is in a Nursing Home and it has progressed to where he doesn't remember any of them and only remembers his Dog.  Who they bring to the Nursing Home to visit him and it makes him Happy, but I know that has to be so hard on his Grown Kids and his Grown Grandkids.  The Great-Grandkids are really too Young yet to know what's going on.   And the Grandkids in Mexico, the Paternal Grandparents are both Dead, the Grandfather Died before any of them were even Born and their Dad was only 13, so he was Raised by a Single Parent Mom from that Age on.  Grandma Saint Maria lived to be 90 and Raised our Three Youngest Granddaughters, so they took her Death hard.

Today will be my 3rd Ozempic Injection, so far, so good, no terrible adverse effects.   Except some uncomfortable off and on Digestive Issues, which I was expecting as I transitioned to a new Diabetic Med that also affects your Gut/Appetite/Regularity.  Constipation and the Trots ain't Fun, but, alas, often are a Medication side effect for many different Medications on the Market.   I've bought the appropriate over the Counter aids to be Helpful, and the side effects may be temporary.  Blog Friends were also kind enuf to give me some tips of over the Counter aids that they recommended and I Thank You.   So I've got my arsenal at the ready.  *LOL*   I am still easily Bruising too and it looks worse than it feels.  My Doc did say it's the Meds and Blood Thinners she has me on, so, I just have to be Careful or I look Abused and beat to Hell.  *Le Sigh*   The Kiddos are like, we don't want people to think we did that to you!!!  *Bwahahaha* 

And talking of Bathroom Bodily Functions going awry, I couldn't help but re-share some hilarious Pandemic Art of The Mona Lisa, Above and Below.  *Winks*  Anywhoo... I've noticed that some of the Dark Patches stay Dark even after they Heal, so my Skin looks even Darker.   So, if I get banged up enuf I'll be a whole new much Darker complexion!  *LOL*  None of it hurts, so half the time I don't even know I do it or how I did it.   Plus, I can Bleed like a stuck Pig with just a minor scrape and don't know I'm Bleeding either 'til one of the Family Freaks Out about it.  My Skin in Old Age has become as fragile as Crepe Paper.   I remember my Dad doing the same thing when he was about my Age, Mom never did.  And I do recall being Worried about how banged up Dad looked and how much Darker his Skin was getting even after he Healed.   Now I'm doing exactly the same thing, but from a Point of Reference and now know why Dad kept telling me it was No Big Deal and to Calm Down about it.  *Smiles* 

 Dad had a very high tolerance and threshold for Pain and I do too, so, what might be Painful to some folks, just isn't and wasn't to us.  I take nothing for Pain Management that Docs think I should take, Dad didn't either.   The Docs find it hard to Believe I am not in Pain, when they say I should be.   And Dad's Docs kept telling us he should be in Agony, but he wasn't, Joking, Laughing, appearing to be Pain Free, it made some of his Nurses even Cry.  They'd tell us he should be in excruciating Pain and yet he'd be cracking Jokes with them and Emotionally it was harder on them than it was on him actually.  Dad always Raised us to Believe that Pain was merely a figment of your Imagination for your Brain to just inform your Body about an Injury, Internally or Externally, and so you could override it with your Mind too.  He said that is why Placebos work... as a Man thinks, so he is.  That's Biblical as I found out later, that last part.  I think I'm not in Pain, therefore, I am not.

But, I'm not gonna yammer on about Health Issues, I find that Topic to be totally banal and too many Older folks do it ad nauseum.   So, I don't wanna become one of them.  *Smiles*   It's already depressing enuf to be discussing how many people we know recently Died or are Dying all of a sudden.   We're dropping like Flies!   So, Moving On...  what Cheer can I now Brighten this Post up with since I've had some really fucking Dark and Heavy ones lately.  *Le Sigh*   I've been stretching to try to find Upbeat Topics of late, is it just me, or didn't it used to be that hard to?  *LOL*  Seriously, I spent well over Five Decades of never having to talk about anything Political at all and now here we are and I just Hate that!  Is is too much to ask to have a President we don't have to even Think about... someone who just does the Job, is up to the Job, and isn't Drama and a fucking Headache all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Then I would not have to ever talk about Politics or think about them again... just Vote... and Move On with Life.   Ahhh, the Good Ole' Days.  *Le Sigh*

I mean, I saw a Clip of Donnie Two Dolls at some allegedly Faith Based thing he's adding to Government now, headed up by Paula White, and they were JOKING AND LAUGHING about a Nursing Home Being Bombed in Ukraine, like that was Funny and a Joke!!!!!!!!!!   OMG, what the fuck is Wrong with those People!?   And these were supposed to be Religious folks who claim to be Godly... of coarse of the Fundamentalist Far Right of Religion, and Fundies are often quite fucked up like that, it was just Surreal, and absolutely revolting and Shameful.  And they aired it as if it is Normal behavior for anyone, let alone a Faith Based Group, mocking Human Lives in Ukraine being lost and with an American President making a Sic Joke of it for a Laugh of what he knows tickles his Devotees!!!   They are a Twisted bunch, and listen, I've got a Dark Gallows Sense of Humor, but, this was mocking Human Suffering and War Crimes being perpetrated by a Russian Madman, that's a Bridge too far and NOT Funny.  

 And so much for also separating Church and State, he's crossed that Line too now by forming "The White House Faith Office" and appointing an unscrupulous Evangelical Televangelist on Government Payroll to lead it.   It's a continuation of the White-Cain Faith and Opportunity Initiative who Advised during 1.0.  Paula White co-founded a now Bankrupted Mega Church in Florida.   Well, she's Friends with him and is his alleged "Spiritual Advisor".  *LMAO*  A Guy who shows absolutely not a hint of Godliness or the Fruits of the Spirit or any Goodness, and he Bankrupted everything he Touched too, Six Times in fact, and is a Career Criminal and Sex Offender convicted of Rape, so, no Surprise there, Birds of a Feather, Lipstick on Pigs, and all that.   She's been Married Three times... now to some Rocker of the Band Journey... seeing even more parallels of "Faith Based Family Values" that her Orange Jesus Mirrors?  *Eye Roll*   She's one of Six Megachurch Televangelists that were Investigated by the Senate Financial Committee from 2007-2011.  

 Televangelists have a long sordid History of Criminal Activity and running a Game and Scam on folks for their Personal Gain.  Including Fraud exploiting their Faithful, Financial mismanagement, and Sex Crimes, so, no Surprises there either.  The Final Report revealed a lot of Spilled Tea, about their Church Financials, let us just say.  Including but not limited to Church Funds buying her a $3.5 Million Dollar Condo in Trump Towers in NYC, an 8,000+ SF Mansion, a Private Jet,  Fancy Vacays to Exotic Destinations, Boxing Matches in Vegas, well, you get the gist and The Grift... in the Name of God.  *Bigger Eye Roll*   And the "Duties" of this new Office, has some scary implications about Freedom of Religion and overseeing it and how any Churches can operate and/or serve their Communities.  Kind of like a Church Gestapo if you will.   And if ya didn't know, now ya know.  *Winks*   Just another one of his Corrupt long time Friends deeply mired in Criminal activities and Federal Investigations.  Now working for the Federal Government at high levels and Hired by this Cabal of Vulgarians who've made a Swamp even Swampier.

  And apparently this "Faith Based" Clan finds the Bombing of Nursing Homes and Innocent Civilians, in an Invaded now War torn Country trying to Save their Democracy, something to Joke and Laugh heartily about, quite Publicly and Unashamedly, so that's very Telling.   Anyway, am I Cheering you Up yet?  *Bwahahahaha*   Sorry, but the Dirty Laundry needs to continue to be Aired coz it all stinks to High Heaven as my folks used to say.  *Winks*  When more Tea Spills I'll keep you Posted and Informed, there's a new Scandal every Day, sometimes every Hour, with this Regime.  You can barely keep Pace really with the extent of their Lawlessness, Corruption, ineptitude, and salacious Scandals, it's a full time Job to.  The News Cycles churn endlessly of the Fuckery involved.  It's like one very Bad Soap Opera, Second Rate Reality Show, Horror Movie based on a True Story, or Cheesy Novella!!!   You can't make this shit up!!!

I don't see a Happy Ending, no Happily Ever After... so, some Escapism is in Order, to maintain our collective Sanity!!   Yet, damned near everything is Suspended for the Summer Months here, so I have to get very Creative about my Escapes.  *LOL*   And The Daughter and Grandkids did some Pathological Picture Taking for me coz I said I needed Blog Fodder that would be Cheerful, so it's sprinkled in the Post. They take pretty damned good Pixs I must say, but then again, I'm highly Biased and sing their Praises, as every devoted Parent and Grandparent just should, Right?  *Winks*   There's one Below that one of Princess T's Oldest Sisters sent to me that she knew would make me Smile.   Princess T and The Sisters know if they just say "Titties" I'm gonna Laugh like an Immature Boy Child would.   So the Big Inside Joke is to show some Cleavage and then say "Titties".   *LOL, yeah, our propriety is definitely questionable, but we're a lot of Fun.  Winks*

The Man and The Son just shake their Heads, they gotta go out with us Gals in Public sometimes.   They definitely have more Inhibitions than us Gals do.   Well, except for The Young Prince, but we Joke that he's just one of the Gals really, for all intents and purposes, he's practically a Breast.  *Bwahahahaha*   Funny Story, my Mom always accurately Predicted what Gender your Baby would be before it was Born, no Ultrasound needed.  Well, when The Daughter was Preggy with The Young Prince, Mom Predicted it would be a Girl.   When he was Born my Mom was perplexed coz she'd never been Wrong before, EVER.   Well, fast forward to him being Two Years Old and his Transgender Traits began to already show up, and Nanna says to The Daughter, "Well, I wasn't Wrong..."   *Bwahahaha*   And, The Young Prince now gets a kick out of his Great-Nanna knowing and Predicting he was Transgender even before he was Born, which is rather uncanny when you Think about it.  And in my Dad's Culture, being Two Spirit is Revered and Honored as a elevated higher form and acceptable State of Being.

What is Taboo in one Culture or way of Worship, may not be at all in another, we're quite a diverse Species of Sentient Beings, we're not a Monolith, nor should we be.  We would do well to Respect that difference of Opinion and Cultural or Personal Identity without thinking one is Superior to another or Wrong.  I am a strong Advocate for allowing other folks to just Be and not give them a hard time about Being.   My response to when someone has told me, when realizing I have Gay Loved Ones who are Married, that they don't Believe in Gay Marriage, I say, "Alright then, if someone Gay proposed to you then, just say No and decline."  Simple.  Problem Solved.  Move On.  *Winks*

So many people don't Mind their own damned Business and presume to get in everyone else's.    And Self-Righteousness is never Pretty and it's quite presumptuous and arrogant as fuck.   I personally don't Care how you choose to be Happy and Content, Listen, I'm Happy FOR you if you attain Contentment and maintain your Joy, not allowing it to be Stolen from you, it's great gain to achieve it in fact.   I can Rejoice in other folk's Happiness and Cry with them in their Sorrow while having Compassion and Sincere Empathy.  I think it bonds Humans to be Compassionate and Empathetic.  It's tragically lacking these days and why there's so much division and strife between factions of Humans more and more.   Peace and Goodwill towards all people would definitely be preferable... I've always even felt it was entirely attainable too.  Mebbe not in my Lifetime, but someday, I Hope Mankind attains it and becomes more Enlightened and Evolved beyond our current Condition. 

 

"Titties"... Okay, couldn't Help myself, when one of the Granddaughters Shared this one with us and indulged us in the Inside Family Joke, Showing Off The Girls, as we call it.  *Ha ha ha*   This one Invested in some Enhancements, since, most of the Women in our Family aren't as bodacious Naturally as Moi and tend to be tiny little Sprites with diminutive proportions Endowed by The Creator.  *Smiles*  Even when I weighed 98 Lbs. as an Adult most of my Life Pre-Hysterectomy, I had Bit Tits.  *Le Sigh... I'd of much rather been less Cup Sizes up the Alphabet*   We are a Family of Women with few Inhibitions, what can I say?  *LMAO*   And we could give Two Shits what anyone else thinks about it, let them do them, we do us without apologies and without needing to give anyone an Explanation either or have perceived "permission".   We're all Grown, so we don't need "permission" like a Child.  *Smiles and Winks*   Whenever someone presumes to tell me what to do or how to do it, in regards to my Life or how I choose to Live, I remind them I been Grown a long time... so, I Got This... and so, how's about you Step Off and stay in your own Lane.

  

We went out doing Environmental Cleanup and picking up the Aluminum Cans, it was actually under 100 all Morning, with a Cooler Breeze, very unusual for Mid-July, but it was Humid.   So we got a lot of Cans but came Home all sweaty like we'd been in a Wet Sauna.  *LOL*   The Supplies I usually get from our Dollar Store that I needed to restock with, were all Sold Out at Two different locations.  I think either people are making a run on the Merch or they are having Supply Chain Issues already and can't renew their Inventory?   I saw the same at the Grocery Stores with Fresh Fruits and Produce, which, we get about 70% of from Mexico and the Tariff Wars + mass Deportations here in America of Migrant Farm Workers is going to make things very bad very quickly.  Mexico was so quick to send Help to Texas during that Flooding and yet this Administration continues to treat them poorly and punitively as a major Trade Partner, it's disgraceful and Shameful.

So, I couldn't get everything we needed, not at the Dollar Stores or at the Grocery Stores... and it was reminiscent of Pandemic Shortages, only not as bad YET, but, it could be by end of Summer?   I'm considering what we can do without or cut back on?   And I do have a Pantry stocked with Non-Perishables we use all the time and a stockpile of Hygiene items, just in case Shortages get really bad again?    And as I was out Shopping I got a Call from my Friend's Youngest Daughter, the Friend I just found out is Dying and has rapid progression of the Disease.  This is the Caregiver Daughter, so she was able to fill me in on more Spilled Tea, including Family Dynamics playing out... it is way more Dramatic and a Headache than I knew, but wasn't Surprising.  This Family is Beloved by me but the whole Clan, including my Friend, had a very complex Dynamic between them and some Families just do.  So, it can be a LOT and it is a LOT, now complicated by a Dying Matriarch.  And it's falling squarely on the Youngest Daughter, and I worry if she can hold up under the Strain of this Extreme Caregiving and juggling everything else on her Dance Card? 

She was Diagnosed with Cancer too only Two Years ago, she's Young, her Kids are only Aged 8, 11 and 14, so she chose a complete early Hysterectomy which forced her into premature Menopause, Fun Times!  Her Husband Travels for his Work, so mostly she's Single Parenting it as it is, and Why her Mom came to Live with her, in part, to help with the Grandkids, who are some of the Youngest Grandkids coz this is my Friend's Youngest Child of Five Kids she has.   Couple that with each Child's individual "Baggage" and it's a lot to unpack and a lot going on.  So, she's not getting much Sibling Help coz all other Siblings have their own Issues of Life going on and don't have the Mom living under their Roof.   Often, they're just not around coz the Family is spread out between numerous States as well... Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Jersey & New York.  She told me her Mom's Cancer progressed rapidly and was discovered quite by Accident during a recent MRI.  It's more than Lung Cancer now, she has it in Lymph Nodes, Pancreas, Kidneys, Ovaries, Uterus and Stomach.   The Pain in her Stomach led to the Discovery and why an MRI was done.

The Caregiver Daughter has had to Fight Doctors every step of the way to get her Mom Qualified for anything.  Each State has their Requirements, Qualifications, Services parsed out.   Since her Mom is on Medicaid and SSI, due to a Lifelong Disability, they won't pay for a lot of what she Needs and there's no Money and no other Insurance, she's never been Employable, she's been both a Widow or Divorcee most of her Adult Life so didn't have a Husband's Insurance or Coverage for much of it and Raised her Kids mostly as a Single Disabled Mom.   So, she's not Qualifying for a Hospice, but the Caregiver Daughter demanded and finally got some Home Care Approved for when her Mom gets really beyond a Point of Need she will be able to provide for her.   

 

One of her Brothers is coming too and try to be of Help, he's the one who used to be a raging Alcoholic, but I was Delighted to hear he gave up Drinking and has been Sober over Two Years now and is doing very well for himself.  He was always Princess T's favorite "Uncle" and tho' Childless and Single, he was always great with Kids and with Caregiving.  He worked as a Paid Caregiver for Years in fact.   So, he'll be a great present Help for his Mom and his Youngest Sister in that Role, if he can take enuf time off his Career to be there for them???   He lives in another State so I just don't know how long he can stay tho'?   And the Older Daughter who came for the Visit here, was coming for a Funeral from Florida to Arizona, but can't come to Texas, and so The Sisters right now have been Fighting over that.   My Friend of coarse would like all her Children by her Side as she's Dying... but, there's a lot going on with each, and, not everyone plays well and gets along with each other.

My Friend is very much Out of It, dosed up with Medications for her Condition and the effects of the Chemo Treatments, which have weakened her and we think perhaps should not having her Subject to if her Condition is this Advanced that it's not Helpful and won't have a Prayer of any Remission.   The Caregiver Daughter feels the decision the Docs have made is speeding up the End actually, and that might be their intent, not to expect Remission at all?   I can see why she's fighting with her Mom's Doctors and Specialists at this point... you know when you Feel in your Spirit that your Loved One is being put on the "Hurry Up And Die Plan"... and it's looking a lot like that to her... and to me too now I know the Details.   My Friend had sent me a short Book of Faces PM saying simply "I'm Dying"... I guess that's all she had the Energy to confirm, she had chosen not to say anything but now knows her Older Daughter dropped by unexpectedly and now we know and were told.  I Wish she were closer, I'd help as much as I'd be able and so would my Loved Ones... they are like Family to us.   Below is that Youngest Daughter of my Friend, you'd recognize her from previous Blog Posts over the Years if you're a Long Time Reader.   My Friend has a Beautiful Family and I'm crushed they're going thru all of this.

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With a Heavy Heart... Dawn... The Bohemian