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    To those who wear fabric masks...

    Please wash them after every time you wear them...otherwise, you are wearing them to catch infections in the air and then you are letting them become petri dishes for those virus to grow and spread the next time you touch it.
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    Using gloves to "keep clean"....

    Nurse shows how even when you wear gloves, coronavirus cross-contamination happens
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    Covid-19 info

    Here is the website from my national hospital system (Christian based) for info on the Covid-19. Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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    A doctor who kept daily records of his progress with the Covid19 virus

    This doctor was infected by another doctor who did not know he was positive. He kept a daily record of his progress with this disease including ultrasounds of his lungs. He felt bad for a couple days. He likely will be cleared to return to work in less than two weeks. I find this highly...
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    From a microbiologists viewpoint...Covid19

    Coronavirus: keeping things in perspective
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    Why are you single?

    I think the biggest contributor to my being still single is that I work in a women's world and I don't socialize much. When I do, it is mostly with other women. My irregular work schedule prevents me from joining any groups or classes that meet weekly. However, I also am not willing to just...
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    How close was the vote to acquit Trump?

    It wasn't close at all. Since 2/3 of the Senate needs to vote to convict a president, they were 20 votes shy of convicting him. Interesting that the media isn't pointing this out. So 48 for and 52 against means Trump was acquitted with overwhelming vote.
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    This Christmas

    This Christmas marks the point where my 21 year old has spent more Christmas without her dad as she did with him. In two years, I will have been a single mom for longer than I was a married one as the older child crosses that same point. I didn't cry when I realized that but I did feel a...
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    Chronic stress and anxiety

    It just dawned on me today that I have been living in "fight or flight" mode for almost 11 years straight...starting with the hurricane that we hunkered in place for just months before my husband got sick again and died. God has been faithful and walked with me through everything that has...
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    What sights in the world would you like to see...

    If you had an unlimited budget and the ability to travel anywhere in the world, what would be the one place or sight that you want to visit? If you had a very limited budget and the ability to travel anywhere in the world, what would be the one place or sight that you want to visit?
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    dating overseas

    I know that many people on this forum have talked about seeking spouses across country borders though international online dating. I was wonder if people research what it takes and costs to bring a non-citizen to your country or what it would take to move legally to theirs before you actually...
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    Retirement...

    or more likely, lack of it. I guess it is in God's hands. I am not there yet but watch my bank account getting drained to the bottom regularly with "life". This time was a total hip replacement and off work for 3 months. All the daily bills got paid but I still owe for the surgery and my...
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    Bucket list

    Ok. I have started counseling after hitting an emotional low related to a health issue. Surgery has mostly corrected the issue and now I realized that I have no life. Prior to the surgery, it was only work and recover related to severe pain issues. My challenge this week is to form a bucket...
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    Do you believe this common Christian dating ideology?

    If God wants you married he will provide just the right person for you. Where does this common teaching come from? And what if people reject the "right person" because they don't mean some idealist expectation that so many seem to have on their "wish list"? I don't remember any huge obvious...
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    Invisible people

    Are some people called just to be "invisible" to others. These are the people who have the heart of a servant and tend to do a lion share of the work and the people around them just believe those things "just happen" without seeing the effort put in. I know my mother was one of those...
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    I am tired

    I am tired of being both the breadwinner and head of the family as well as the emotional support and caregiver of my family. My faith hasn't changed but I feel a lot more weighed down in my spirit. It feels like life is a constant battle...at work, there is no one who supports us as nurses and...
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    Job satisfaction

    I love my job (nursing). I am on a unit where I get to care for a lot of different kinds of issues from birth to death of old age. I love the challenge of learning about new things. At the same time, this unit expects too much of their staff on a regular basis. I end up physically, mentally...
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    10 years ...

    He died and was buried 10 years ago this week. This week has been a series of mini-anxiety attacks and stress inducing dreams. My body mourns even if I try not to focus on the dates.
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    Support through honesty

    Why do Christian widows and widowers pretend that they are "fine" and give Bible verses as if they erase the pain of this journey instead of being open and honest about the real struggles both in society and emotionally? The most help I got was on a forum where people expressed their pain...
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    Christmas

    How will you be celebrating Christmas? This is my year to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas nights. I actually am looking forward to a peaceful and less stressful Christmas this year. I sent my kids to our old home to visit their grandparents and cousins so they are getting all the...