Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems and put them together in a Friday Fragments post.
Friday Fragments are the brainchild of Mrs.4444 and you can find more at Half Past Kissin' Time.
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This week, a family in my community suffered a horrible tragedy when their 10 year old was accidentally hanged on Monday evening. I wrote yesterday about how the community has been rallying around the family. Today, I'm just finding myself upset because of something I KNEW would happen with media coverage. People are being insensitive, saying things about his parents, about how he "should" have been raised, about it being "fishy" (it's not). I did not expect Caleb's story to show up on Huffington Post or The Daily Mail. Or for a wonderful reporter from the LA Times to write an amazing, beautiful story about him. I just wish that people could see this for what it is - a terrible, terrible accident - and support Caleb's family right now. I am also really proud and amazed that the Moms in my community raised over $1000 in less than 2 days to give to the family. It makes me feel like I'm part of a great community, and it makes me feel a little safer knowing how people support each other when things happen in life.
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I discovered the best thing this week thanks to Mimi from Irresistible Icing. I had the Weight Watchers app on my phone already, but she recently featured the Weight Watchers Barcode Scanner in a post on her site. You scan the barcode on any food and it tells you the serving size, fat, carbs, protein, fiber & points plus value! This is going to be SO handy when I'm grocery shopping or at the store trying to pick out a snack. I LOVE it!
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Last weekend my best friend and I were talking about something we're going to do later this year - attend the Supernatural Con in Vancouver, B.C. I am SO excited. I'm going to start saving my money now so I can buy a couple of photo ops. Yes, I'm a geek!
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Justin just got home from work and I found out he got invited to go down on a sort of 'man weekend' with his boss and co-worker. Normally I would hate that... but Danny freakishly fell asleep early today (he is asleep at 5:30. I am scared about what will happen next). I guess I'm feeling generous. I called my Mom and she said she can hang out with me and maybe give me a couple of hours off Sunday, so he's getting his stuff ready to go now.
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Not much else to say now! I hope everyone has a good weekend, I'll be around to visit all the Friday Fragments posts, maybe even tonight!
