@hollystallcup.bsky.social how are you? Are you on any social media these days? I haven’t been online much in 2025, but I logged back in here to see if I could find you cause I’ve lost touch!

Been off this platform since Inauguration Day last January. Originally went off all social media, but after a while went back on FB to stay connected to family and friends personal updates and photos etc. I miss so many interactions I used to have with a broader online community.

I’m off work until Wed. at 4pm and I’m gonna try to stay off all social media.

I have a lot of stones and shells and pieces of driftwood etc. I love bits of nature in my home!

I no longer have hope in hope.

Hope is not a magic pill. Hope is in the work of our hands, the courage in our souls, and the compassion of our hearts.

Don't hope. Show up with love.

I can’t help it that my brain is this way. I like to laugh and have fun, but my humor processors are glitchy. My default is to take you seriously and show concern/empathy. My kid’s default is to say stuff just to say stuff, always doing a bit.

i need one full month of alone time but adulthood cannot agree 😭😭

I am feeling the fear and despair more than the faith and hope, so I need messages like this.

That’s beautiful!!

I can barely handle reading anything because there’s so much of it and it’s all awful.

Oh I watched this a month or two ago and found it to be very touching. The conversation between 2 war vets was so well done.

Oh I love it! How exciting to design your own library reading space.

My daughter asked for a Barbie cake on her 18th bday bc she never got one as a kid. It was so fun celebrating her entering adulthood with a nostalgic childhood figure.

Letter box that says Breath In Life Breathe Out Love

Letter box that says Inhale God Is Here Exhale God Is Coming

I was remembering the current one differently so here it is and then the new phrases I put on.

I discovered my kid was officially taller than me when I took him to the dr the day after Mother’s Day when he was 13. I had feelings.

a painting of a giraffe in a suit and tie Alt: a colorful painting of a giraffe in a suit and tie

Artsy toy

My nephew was SIX when he beat me. I was so humbled and so proud at the same time.

Gosh. That’s rough. No words.

Ditto. I pick up snippets just by scrolling but mostly out of the loop, just can’t handle it right now.

I’m 48 and I usually go to sleep 2-4am and wake up 10am-12pm. My job starts at 1pm 2 days and 4pm another day. I am happier and healthier now because I stopped forcing myself to fit a standard schedule that never worked for my body.

I think the benefits will outweigh the initial awkwardness and social anxiety. You can do it! I think you’ll be really glad you did. Maybe not in the first 5 minutes but by the end, it will be worth it.

Aw man that’s rough. January is often a slump being in the darker cold of Michigan.

This sounds very overwhelming. I appreciate your honesty and willingness to say how hard it is. You support and encourage so many and I hope you feel the love and care coming your way.

Oh I love this thank you. I’m going to see if I can change my letterboard sign to this. Right now it says
breathe in
love
breathe out
peace

That’s so young. How sad. What a beautiful legacy that you are a life they influenced.

Whew. That sounds like a big reflective journey.

I wouldn’t think any US court cares about the religious tradition, just the state law requirements. A marriage license, 2 witnesses signatures, and a legal officiant (even if the online kind).

I had the opposite - I (a pastor) officiated a last minute wedding with only the couple & their two witnesses. Later the county contacted me to ask if I had performed the ceremony & I said yes. The couple was trying to claim they weren’t actually married to avoid some legal ramifications.

This is a good way to put it - asymmetrical pain. Pain made worse knowing the other person doesn’t have a clue about the depths of destruction they’ve caused - doesn’t care to know or understand, much less make any amends.