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I have watched exactly one of the Best Picture nominees. (That would be Sinners since my oldest son recommended it.)

I am, however, happy to report that I am all caught up on both Chicago Med and Law & Order SVU, not to mention The Pitt and St. Denis Medical.

So I'm not sure if this is a confession or a brag.
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Always wondered who the audience was for those shows. Well done.

You've watched one more than I have, Susan. I've been binging on Schitt's Creek.

A confession would be admitting to be anxiously awaiting the new seasons of Virgin River and Sullivan's Crossing (which I'm guilty of). In my defence we only have one TV and my husband has said no more Stalin or Franco, no more World Wars or Reigns of Terror documentaries. I tried to convince him Nuremberg was a holiday movie, since it came out around Christmas, but he didn't buy it.

The only Oscar nominated thing I’ve seen this year is the short film “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”. So funny! youtu.be/dxpjzOLVRR0?si=Z0rKT8fYLy_OkSbZ

I love The Pitt. I have not seen ANY new release movies in months so no Oscar nods from me. I really should watch Chicago Med. How is the lamb doing? Bottle feeding or were you able to get another ewe to accept her?

Please watch Hamnet, it is a perfect film. 💫🩶

I am still hoping you’ll watch Frankenstein!!

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's been on my mind today, so here it is.

My parents both died in 2024--my father in May and my mother in November after a period of increasing debility following Dad's death. Holidays were coming up. I was exhausted. I had over eight hundred unanswered emails.

I deleted every single email and started over.

My reasoning was simple: anyone who REALLY needed to hear from me would get back in touch if I didn't respond, and anyone who didn't follow up...didn't need an answer.

What a huge relief that was for me. And here's the hindsight: NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.

A few folks resent their original emails. A few invoices went astray and got paid when an overdue notice arrived.

That's it. The story of the day.
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A beautiful solution to my 50+k unopened emails

Thanks for sharing . Self care is important. By the way, I feel very fortunate to have met you, your mom and your dad 24 years ago at a conference in Pasadena, CA. We heard your and your mom speak when we were starting our homeschool journey. Her advice and your books were a huge inspiration to us. Thank you.

Considering my emails look like this just for my primary inbox of "unread" messages, I might need to do this! It's an added weight that has been piling up for years. And you just made me realize it's grief. I'm so sorry for the loss of your parents. 🙏🏽

A reminder that we are not as important as we think. Life goes on and we should not stress out over so many things.

I have been wanting to do this for a very long time and just couldn’t push the button. I’m pushing the button! Thank you!

Several years ago my computer gave up the ghost & I lost 9 years of email with about 100 unanswered - I grieved Then I visited Sudan and saw how they mostly lived existential priorities - mine was a self-imposed grief Now I ruthlessly clear my inbox 📥 every chance I get

Thank you for this. I would love to read anything you write about this period of time. We don't talk about the other realities which coexist with grief. I'm so sorry that you lost them both so quickly. And thank you for sharing about your email. It is liberating & comforting to hear of both your choice & the outcome.

This is the inspirational content the internet needs.

Yes! Normalize this! I started two years ago, after a rare vacation, purging my inbox, but since I worry about deleting something critical I’ll need later, I create a folder called “inbox zero 3.13.26,” for example, and move everything from my inbox into that. I do NOT go back and clean that purge folder, but the emails are all there if I want to/need to find them. The relief of starting a new week after a vacation at inbox zero CANNOT be stressed enough! ❤️

I’m terrified of needing an old email, because several times a year, I do. I wonder if I could just bulk archive 😂

I used to tell kids, you have two seconds starting now to hit the rewind button and start over. It is the same for myself, give some time to hit rewind in my older age, it is working so much better. Have you heard of Project 21:12 for recovering evangelicals? It is quite interesting what is being built for those of us that are still detoxing.

I did that one time too. Literally just deleted all and figured whatever was important was bound to be re-sent.

THIS! If someone really needs you, they will try again. Anything else is unnecessary. I'm sorry it was such a horrible time for you 😔

I hear you! What are you planning for holidays? I found it was really nice to spend extra time with my kids after both of my parents passed.

I love this. I own a small business and sometimes I physically cannot possibly in any reasonable way shape or time answer everyone properly.

I’m so very sorry. I understand your pain completely. I lost both of my beloved parents from Covid, 17 days apart. It’s been horrific for me and the pain is so deep, even after 4 years. They were the best! Anyway, be well.

It was me. I needed it.

Thank you for this brilliant idea and witness. Everything scares me, but hearing you didn’t experience “the end of the world” is encouraging.

I love this!

Yup it's called self-care! Sometimes you need to do what's best for you.And in the end , it benefits everyone!💞

What a difficult year that must’ve been for you. Well done performing the self-care of deletion!

I did need to hear that- Thanks

This is...a terrifying idea. And I can already imagine how much of a relief it would be.

Amen!

I love this. I think that about my papers. I should have a huge bonfire and then if it’s important it’s gotta be somewhere with somebody. But then I think about birth and marriage cert and stop myself 🫣

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Orphan lamb will NOT be living in the house, but today the temperature dropped fifty degrees within six hours and it SNOWED all over the spring blossoms, so we hauled her back inside where it's warm (since she doesn't have a mama or siblings to snuggle up with in the cold). Tomorrow, when the temperature levels out, she'll go back out to the sheep barn.

But for tonight, she's freaking out our 22-year-old cat, which is entertaining us all.
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That cat looks like it's seen it all.

Cat says… “there is something very wrong with this new cat.”

Susan, we had to keep 4 lambs inside one year when the temps were so bad for 2 weeks that they would have died in the barn without their mums, and the wind chills were so bad that heat lamps weren't going to be enough. I bought diapers, cut holes for their tails, and diabetes them to keep the mess down. It was a riot! They were so much fun. But word of warning. The darn things loved to cuddle in front of the fireplace, and they would sleep so close to the hearth that their wool would singe. Every barrier we put up, they managed to knock down. We finally put collars and lead ropes on them, and tied them to the table legs of our big, heavy walnut table. This way they couldn't get close enough to roast themselves. It was like having huge cats in the family room! 😂😂

Back in the day, I would put orphan lambs in a large dog crate in my kitchen. At bottle time I would let them run around my kitchen. The kids loved.

Sure, sure… back to the barn… tomorrow. 😉

Oh wow now that’s funny. When Hurricane Isabel came we had to move all our animals- goats ducks chickens and water buffalo into our walk out basement. Herding the buffalo was a challenge and it smelled like Noah’s Ark (I imagine) for months.

My first children were bottle babies like this!

Good old cat!

Adorable

Cat: "there is something very wrong with this feline" 😂

Linda Holm

Meghan LeBedz!!

The frost comes for the blossoms, but the small one finds a warm corner. A new shape in the dim light for the old cat to study. It is a quiet mercy to be tucked away from the sudden wind.

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