ramona santiago;

RAMONA SANTIAGO; Whatever you do be gentle with yourself. You don’t just live in this world or your home or your skin. You also live in someone’s eyes.

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JOSEPH !

“ would i have to pay you? ” a side smile widened across tanned features, the gleam of white teeth visible under nude lips. “ i’m only kidding, i think it would be wonderful if you’d speak for the kids. we have a few programs that primarily focus on health sciences –– hosa, lifespan development, medical therapeutics, et cetera –– that would love to hear from someone working in their area of study. especially the seniors who are about to enter the career field for the first time. when would be a good time for you, ms. santiago? i’ll have to have a meeting or two about what will work best for the cte teachers, though i’m sure they’ll be willing to skip a day of teaching for a guest speaker. ”

❛ Free of charge --- just interested in getting more kids to want to help others. The hospital has internships and residencies too, so that’s definitely a plus to advertise. I’m sure some of them are taking it for credit, but --- better to bore the masses and affect someone who’s going to go on and do great things! I’m on staff Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, so absolutely any time on any other days ---- it’ll be good to have something to do that’s not part of the routine! ❜

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SANDY !

     “i think i’d love ANY food offered to me, but especially chicken parm. if this is happening, i should bring dessert or something. are you guys allergic to NUTS?”

❛ Oh, gosh, you definitely don’t need to bring anything! I promise, I can take care of it --- but if you ACTUALLY want to, no allergies for either of us. Unless you’re planning on using pollen instead of sugar. ---- Does Tuesday work? I really need to get to know people outside my circle, and ... no better place to start! ❜

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[minus-the-negative]

A little bit of forward motion now creates a huge amount of momentum later.

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@saantiagoy !

❛ If you 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 want to come over one night for dinner or anything, you have to let me know, okay? Things can get lonely, and it’d be kinda sucky of me to not express at least SOME interest in the guy my fiancè is around all day. ----- You like Italian food? I make a 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 chicken parmesan. ❜

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@estradcs !

❛ You know, if you ever wanted, I could come and talk about nursing and health and all the 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 jazz one of my off days. I went in the first week over at the elementary school and taught them CPR and how to use first aid kits. You can never start too young! Obviously I’d age it up a bit, maybe talk about jobs in the field; but if you think the kids might be 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 ... ❜

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FILED UNDER: lundqvist, aksel.

       “   you can’t have blueberry or chocolate OR both… that’s just… not… you know what   ?   forget it. give me a blueberry eggo.   ”   aksel reached their hand out for it.   “   i’ll eat it cold.   ”

&. ——— ❛ Options are important --- don’t tell me you just eat ONE waffle for breakfast. Butter, syrup, some of those FANCY strawberry or blueberry sauces they give you at the diner. Heaven on earth if you ask me, but Eggos do alright too. Especially heated up. ❜

She eyed them for a moment, before shaking her head, smile breaking through. It wasn’t the first time she’d brought breakfast to those at the library, and it certainly wouldn’t be the last --- the consistent flow of bagels, breakfast sandwiches from Benny’s and pastries hadn’t ceased for several days now, and she was looking forward to making a habit of it. Though as she considered the expenses --- she’d decided on home brought breakfast instead. It was the most she could do to keep herself busy until the afternoon & evening shifts at the hospital.

❛ So don’t be silly. I’m friends with Doris, so I can go use the microwave or toaster in the staff room. ❜ With that, she took several steps back, smiling at them for a minute before scurrying off to the break room of the library, returning only with a paper plate with three waffles balanced on it. 

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@aksvl​ ! SOURCE: DEXTER, AS PER PJ’S REQUEST

❛ You want Eggos? I got blueberry, or chocolate. Or both. ❜

[cinemaisgay]

-Then you’re in total control, you’re responsible for all of this and I blame you. -Don’t push it.

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fave part of your job?

❛ HELPING PEOPLE. It’s stressful and hard, but ... the payoff is better than anything else! ❜

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asher.

it  takes  a  moment  for  him  to  realise  that  he’s  STARING  and  drawing   a  complete  blank.  the  question  makes  him  draw  breath.  as  if  he  HASN’T  said  this  43  times  already.  it’s  not  their  fault,  but  —  damn.  ❛  not  really  sure  how  small  towns  work  —  if  everybody  really  does  know  everybody  or  something,  but  if  you  know  old  man  gregory  and  ingrid,  that  little  house  in  the  corner  of  the  road,  i’m  their  grandson.  from  boston.  thank  you  —  again  for  the  uh  —  this  smells  great,  it’s  very  thoughtful,  thanks.  ❜

She smiles, and gives him an apologetic look, as if she had read his mind --- she HASN’T, of course, but one understands the drill after giving greetings as many times as her schedule allowed. ❝ I know you’ve probably been run through the wringer with welcoming committee after welcoming committee. --- Really? Oh, Ingrid is so lovely! Both of them are. It’s so sweet of you to come and live near them too, I know my own grandmother would have appreciated it. ❞ She doesn’t feel intrusive, even if it might be. Years of nursing had rendered her sensitivities almost dead ---- asking questions that sometimes probed too deep was something she was used to. It was always out of genuine concern.  ❝ Are you working anywhere? The Inn must get expensive, being here every night. ❞

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theresa.

                Theresa shook her head slightly, a smile of complete sincerity staging a take over across her face. ❛ Oh Ramona, you’re too sweet. ❜ She wished she could see the other woman with another partner, one that was capable of returning the unwavering affection Ramona doled out to her and Chace.  ❛ I suppose if I plan on not being the weird, old single aunt with twenty cats, I need some clothes to catch myself a man. That’s my polite paraphrasing from our old man.  ❜ Ramona wasn’t related by blood, nor had she and Chace actually reached the aisle. But she had endured his company enough to have honorary family privileges. 

❝ Oh, don’t listen to any of that. He means well, I think, but ... ❞ She passed the other what she hoped was an encouraging smile, yet it had more happiness than sympathy, though not of Ramona’s own choosing --- she was excited to be able to bond somehow with the other. ❝ You’re beautiful, trust me. Though if you ever need a makeover for date night, my steady hand is just as good for eyeliner as it is for nursing. ❞

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cook.

@ramcnv !!

     “ nobody trusts anybody, that’s the problem ! ”

❝ I think the world needs more trust in GENERAL. MORE FAITH. But not everyone is in your life to be supportive. I think most know that and are OVERLY choose-y because of it. But ... I think sometimes you have to give the benefit of the doubt! You’ll never face anything you can’t handle -- -- 1 Corinthians 10:13, I think. ❞

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‹  F I L E D  U N D E R  › vause, theresa.

@ramcnv !!

❛ Here we go! ❜ Forcing in enthusiasm rarely had a positive outcome, and the strained smile pulled across her features only added more credence to the sentiment. Theresa wanted to be a pleasant during their outing at the store, to preserve the carefully crafted relationship Ramona and Chace had worked on for so long. ❛ Maybe you can pick up Chace some new pants or a fedora    .❜

❝ For sure if we SEE them, but I doubt there’s a hat in Sheffield he doesn’t already own. ❞ Her voice was bright, teasing, and she was legitimately happy to match it. As far as Ramona knew, she was spending time with her fiancè’s sister, all of them happy. Little did she know all the smiles except hers were forced, all the romance except hers feigned. For now, however, she was joyful just to spend more time with someone who loved Chace as much as she did. ❝ We could look for stuff for you too, you know. MY TREAT! ❞

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ziba shahar.

‘  it is not. the idea of wearing a diaper is pathetically enticing. heard the after-pregnancy side effects are even less than… kind to my body. no surprise there if i had to potty train myself along with ‘em. just some good ol’ fashioned family bonding experience. two boys and a girl. can’t tell who’s the kicker at this point.  ’

❝     Hey, the diaper bit isn’t pathetic! You shoulda seen what my aunt did when she had her babies. All she would eat was pickles and cranberry juice. That did something to her system for sure. But here you are with three babies instead of just her one, and still walking around looking as good as you do! It’s a miracle, and that’s more important than kicker detection!    ❞

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@jennvs !

❝     Okay, I know the Lord says to love our neighbors as ourselves --- --- but those lemon bars Ms. Andersen made me consider switching churches to avoid her makin’ them again. They were like sand & a lemon candle melted down in a pot!     ❞

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ziba shahar.

@ramcnv !

‘  if you ever want kids? just ADOPT. don’t know why anyone would put themselves through the pains of pregnancy in the first place. tired of pissin’ myself every time i sneeze.  ’

❝     Oh, gosh. I’ll be the first one to admit that ... it doesn’t sound pleasant. God bless you for going through it all. But I think the joy of motherhood is worth it. Going through the whole process. But I’d like to adopt too! I was an only child, so the more than one deal is pretty certain. Do you know if you have a little boy or a little girl in there? ❞