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True Dough

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15. This is an excellent suggestion

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 12:20 AM

Dec 2016

There are others out there not only alone but struggling, either with physical health or mental health. You can't cure what ails them, but you can be a bright spot in their day.

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Shoot...christmas is just a nice time off work. But it's kinda lonely. [View all] BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 OP

If you were anywhere close you would have been welcome at our house liberal N proud Dec 2016 #1

Tanks! It's kinda funny...not humorous...that my friends never invite me to join themm BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #3

Just my wife and I today. We saw a matinee HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2016 #2

That must be nice, to be with someone you love. :). n/t BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #4

Definitely less stressful! My parents have HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2016 #5

I don't have any family. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #6

Go out. Be around people. Help out at a shelter or a hospital. Yavin4 Dec 2016 #7

It's about bedtime here, but that's a good idea. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #8

Waste some time watching funny cat or dog videos on YouTube, you'll be laughing JudyM Dec 2016 #10

I always love funny animal vids!!! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #13

This is an excellent suggestion True Dough Dec 2016 #15

Well I went for breakfast at Denny's this morning saw 6 other of my doc03 Dec 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Dec 2016 #11

Same here - just hubby and me Paula Sims Dec 2016 #12

A Meetup would be very cool! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #14

Do you call them? cwydro Dec 2016 #16