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  1. once was lost

    Introducing myself

    As a newbie, i look forward to meeting people of all viewpoints, and i am glad you have come here. My chief interest in the Latin Church is linguistic, as i studied Medieval Latin years ago, and am starting to rediscover my former studies after retirement. I look forward to your posts.....
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    I'm antisocial...

    i stand corrected! great to meet you!
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    I'm antisocial...

    Myers-Briggs classes us as INTP, which they posit comprises 3% of the population (here is what they have to say... Explore This Type 1. Introduction 2. Strengths & Weaknesses 3. Romantic Relationships 4. Friendships 5. Parenthood 6. Career Paths 7. Workplace Habits 8. Conclusion 9. Premium...
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    Where were you when 9/11 hit?

    I was at work at a government employment readiness program in Upstate NY setting up for the day. My boss and i heard it on the radio and we set up the TV for the class to watch all morning. I didn't watch as i had to man the phones and drop-ins. i wasn't affected at the time because i wasn't...
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    Praise for Little Things

    Every morning i feel gratitude that i can get up and help my mother with her morning coffee at 5:00 am. I feel happy that we are together again after 40 years basically apart and that she, a fiercely independent woman, has come to accept my help and show me her relief that i am there. I praise...
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    about me

    Welcome! I am new here too, joined a week ago...being here really helps with my insomnia - the fact that i can communicate, however simply, is a boon for me.. my life situation changed drastically recently as i have become a caregiver and have fled a marriage gone wrong...so far it is all...
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    I'm new here!

    Looking forward to your posts and point of view...
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    Who are Your Favorite Saints?

    I must say St. John Fisher, not least because i attended for awhile the college in Rochester NY founded the year he was canonized
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    I'm new here!

    Welcome from another newbie at the other end of the age spectrum...i look forward to your subsequent posts...
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    Hello from Georgia, US

    Welcome...i found this site a week ago and have already found comfort for when i have trouble sleeping...
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    New anti-Trump text messages revealed

    I went down to Washington DC to the hearings during Watergate as it was the greatest show of the time. Now i have come full circle following the supposed ongoing takedown of the deep state (if that is what is happening...it is an intriguing storyline). My retirement preoccupations dovetail...
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    Hello folks!

    I came across this site a few days ago...a couple of months ago i made a major life change - separating from my husband of 20 years among fears of financial ruin, and then moved to another city to assist my aged mother. I have found happiness here in this down side of town. It is deep winter...
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    MBTI personality theory anyone?

    I agree for the strength of its usefulness...in my former civil service career was forced to determine types publicly and go through team exercises. But since retirement i have found what you say to be true regarding self study and how to engage with the world at large..(I am an INTP btw..)
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    Biblical History and Intellectual stuff

    Happy to find this, posit that i will dive into it...
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    Sanctuary City escapee and new caregiver in Upstate NY

    thank you...my experience with buddhism occurred during a time of my life i would like to forget...joined a local Tibetan Sangha for social reasons and my interest was intellectual and not faith based. That Sangha dissolved due to leadership infighting...it was in a liberal city where eastern...
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    Sanctuary City escapee and new caregiver in Upstate NY

    Hello to anyone that reads this...a couple of months ago i had to make a decision (and prayed about it) - stay in a toxic marriage in a scary Sanctuary City or move across the state to care for my still mostly independent aged mother. I chose the latter, and haven't regretted the decision for a...