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Adoption and foster care often equal death in America. My brother and I survived, barely. a.co/d/5EqjQXh #thekillingcloset #adoptees #adoption #memoir

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Current mood

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Signed loot from the 2025. Hello my pretties!#SavannahBookFestival. #books #amreading #blueskybooks

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#savannahbookfest had brilliant headliners this year. #sebastianjunger #annaquindlen #books

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Like waking everyday in a #nightmare. I cannot fathom how the cheese doodle is getting away with so much lawlessness? Show me you #pet pic for calm in the storm that is the new #hatefulAmerica. #dogs #cats #pets

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Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day www.yahoo.com/news/federal...

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Have you ever been more embarrassed to be an American? We are the laughing stock of the world.

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When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.

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"Whenever one person stands up and says, 'wait a minute, this is wrong', it helps other people to do the same." (Gloria Steinem)(Photo Credit: Mick Haupt/Pexels) Happy Thursday, everybody. #Felon47

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CNN reports that the January 6 criminals have been told they are invited to attend inaugural balls tonight. They are going to be released from the D.C. jail momentarily. All are insurrectionists. We are not a democracy anymore, folks. We do not have rule of law.

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Day 1 . Brazen #Nazi salute. Twice! Will we pretend it is not happening? Turn a blind eye? This makes me ill. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

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Day 1- #rioters who attacked the #Capitol building ‘cause their wanna be king said they should - are #pardoned. Crooks, clowns & rapists are running the #U.S.A. #idiotpresident

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I'm going to post this video every day — especially #MLKDay — so we never forget INSURRECTIONIST TRUMP!

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A cashier steals $20, fired. A nurse falsifies records, career’s TOAST. But a president lies, incites a mob, and tries to overthrow democracy—and we just let him back in again? What the actual FUCK is this BULLSHIT? Justice is DEAD, & the system’s a JOKE. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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#pinball #slo #california

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Deranged! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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This is my #birthday wish today. #blueskybooks

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I turn 60 this week. In #reunion 30+ yrs. 1st mom sent this blanket. Weepy as it’s the first blanket she’s ever bought me. Warmth, security, bonding. Closed infant #adoption steals all. #blueskyadoptees #adoptee #adoption #adopteesofbluesky

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And so it begins. www.reuters.com/markets/glob...

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Our #Pyrenees #Aussie #pup Ozzy strikes a #christmas pose. Sort of. Many treats involved. #blueskydogs #dogs

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#books #blueskybooks #memoir #bookreview The Killing Closet. readersfavorite.com/book-review/...

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

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We tried to warn them.

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Fell in love with a #hat in the holiday window at #Saks. #Prada $4400. Not in my price range. $22 #Etsy version arrived today. Now where to wear it? #fashion #shopping #blueskyfashion

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Buying 1st mom Xmas gift & the cashier asked about recipient. I explained I was adopted 60 years ago. Turns out she was #adopted as an infant from Russia. Her A-mother said she shouldn’t search. 30+ years in reunion, I said, “Even if not what you hope it’s essential to be whole.” #blueskyadoptees

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Icy outlook in #Savannah this morning. #marsh #frost

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Happy #December. #Christmaslights #christmas

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They have a point.

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#Adoption leaves a legacy of want. Forever we #adoptees hope for connection. Neither family fits. The systemic ripping away & random placement of infants severs the ability to be whole. #blueskyadoptees

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Christmas was the calm in the calamity that was my childhood. Infant #adoption builds strength that no child should require to survive. This year’s tree is a calm reminder of my Italian NY #adoptive grandparents. Cheers in heaven Mama & Papa. #thekillingcloset #memoir #booksky

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#Adoption is a lifelong sentence. I searched for and found my first family pre-internet. I still wrestle with the fact that I’ll never truly belong to either family. Pic of me and first mom. #adoptee

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#Riverstreet #Savannah today for my Christmas giving pralines. I love the historic district. #homesweethome

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Heard about the push for safe haven #baby boxes in my state. So babies can be dropped off anonymously to spend a lifetime never knowing their truth. Worse than the plight of closed record infant #adoptees. #adopteesky

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A pro wrestling executive to head up education. Doomed! Doomed! Doomed! #america

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bookish checkpoint 🤓 ✧ Last book you read: Orbital by Samantha Harvey ✧ Your current read: Knife by Salman Rushdie ✧ Last book added to tbr: And the Ladies Of The Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer ✧ Next anticipated read: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Quote with yours! #booksky #books

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