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Siwsan

(27,733 posts)
3. I am getting the house ready for my best friend's upcoming visit
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 09:09 AM
Monday

She's from Humboldt County, CA and we only get to see each other about once a year. She's also a childless cat mom and knows me better than most people.

And I have my kid cats to distract me. Merlin has been especially attentive.

My dad was a Marine veteran. I'm a Navy veteran. When veterans do things like this it feels like it's personal. I fear that with all of the cutbacks in the VA, this is just going to become more and more common.

And I can tell you that the people in the Grand Blanc community are shaken to their core. It's a quiet community. My niece was close enough to hear the gun shots. My brother thinks that truck was the one he saw, several times, aggressively driving past that church. It's on his bus route. All of this is just hitting me on a multitude of personal levels.

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