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TommyT139

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26. Sounds like she has internalized
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:23 PM
Jun 8

...some cultural baggage about abstract categories, yet when there is an actual person in front of her, or under discussion, she does the right thing.

So the dichotomy seems like it's a matter of abstract versus example, categories versus compassion. There are plenty of other people who have this the wrong way around, who claim to "love their neighbor," but call the cops on a Black teenager walking down their street.

May the true neighborliness she has shown to others come back to her multiplied, not as a reward or repayment, but because that is the world she has helped create.

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Good wishes and prayers for Tina... LuckyCharms Jun 8 #1
My thoughts too.... essaynnc Jun 8 #2
Best wishes for a successful surgery. Biophilic Jun 8 #3
Healing vibes on the way to her. SheltieLover Jun 8 #4
Hello My Dear Faustina wyn borkins Jun 8 #5
Prayers and healing vibes to Faustina. pdxflyboy Jun 8 #6
Thoughts, prayers and good wishes to Faustina Grim Chieftain Jun 8 #7
Send my prayers to Tina, debm55 Jun 8 #8
Best wishes IbogaProject Jun 8 #9
I can't tell you how much I've tried tishaLA Jun 8 #12
Sounds like she has internalized TommyT139 Jun 8 #26
Holding Tina and Tisha and all their loved ones in light and love. niyad Jun 8 #10
May skill, love, and faith see her through and keep her well. LuvLoogie Jun 8 #11
I will keep a good thought for the best possible outcome for Faustina MIButterfly Jun 8 #13
I had open brain surgery two years ago ballardgirl Jun 8 #14
Thank you for this reassuring message tishaLA Jun 8 #15
Best thoughts and well wishes to your friend and to you. Moostache Jun 8 #16
Sending good vibes and best wishes for a speedy recovery LA Blue Bengal Jun 8 #17
May she survive with that sweetness intact, God Speed. JMCKUSICK Jun 8 #18
May you sail through this procedure Faustina Picaro Jun 8 #19
done. AllaN01Bear Jun 8 #20
Too often we all get caught up in the political issues of the day. And too often we forget there are actually Fil1957 Jun 8 #21
All the best to your friend Tina.. mountain grammy Jun 8 #22
Prayers and healing vibes for her. highplainsdem Jun 8 #23
Yes. It used to infuriate me that she was a repub tishaLA Jun 8 #24
May she have a safe successful surgery, and a very good recovery! electric_blue68 Jun 8 #25
There are 2 families that have taken care of me ... oldsoldierfadingfast Jun 8 #27
My story is almost as strange. tishaLA Jun 8 #28
People are complicated and we all have blind spots. lostnfound Tuesday #29
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