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Beth Rivera ✝️❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🩺
@eas7017
Christian Mom Wife Patriot MAGA Trump/Vance 2024 Registered Nurse
El Paso, TX انضم Mayıs 2023
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At some point, the children of God are going to get on their knees and call upon the Name of the Lord. This is a God size issue - rescuing a nation. It’s going to take the same biblical scale of power that we saw in the book of Exodus. We speak up, we vote, and we intercede. I believe that God wants to and will deliver this nation from self-serving wicked rulers.
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I have never been a Democrat. My views align more closely with Republicans, but after the last 24 hours my disgust is paralyzing.
I have not supported a third party because I remember when it handed Bill Clinton the presidency.
I signed the petition for the Convention of States but remain skeptical because there will be no agreement.
What's left? I love our country. What can we do besides shout on X which doesn't seem very effective?
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And that's a wrap Folks. See you all on Monday!
TRUST THE PROCESS@Locuppadoc
@US_OGA Washington is a perfect place for a Plumber. So much shit in one place, only a plumber knows how to get rid of it properly.
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Last night
Laid out my clothes for tomorrow
Cargo shorts
I stared at all seven pairs in the closet
They're identical
I picked the third one
Gut feeling
Also laid out a mask
My wife has COVID
Can't be too careful
My analyst texted at 10:14pm
I said "tomorrow is important"
He said "trust me I know. Get some rest boss man"
First time he's ever told me to do anything
Something about the way he said it felt off
But I was tired
So I let it go
Friday
3:47pm
Therapy
Cargo shorts
All six pockets loaded
Pocket one had my talking points
Pocket two had the clean version of my wife's list that my analyst reformatted this morning because I can't read anything with inconsistent punctuation
Pocket three had a printed copy of the home warranty redline for reference
Pocket five had a granola bar
You never know how long these things go
I was wearing the mask
My analyst drove separately
He was already in the parking lot when I pulled in
Engine off
Legal pad on the dash
Third iced coffee of the day
He looked at the mask
He didn't say anything
I said "you ready"
He said "I've been preparing since Tuesday boss man"
I didn't ask what that meant
My wife's car was already there
That was expected
There were two cars next to hers
That was not
We walked in
The therapist was seated
$250 an hour
I negotiated that
My wife was on the left couch
Stanley cup in hand
She saw the mask
Her face changed
I assumed she was nervous about the session
She was not alone
Karen from HR was sitting next to her
Arms folded
Lanyard still on
I stopped walking
My analyst stopped behind me
He whispered "boss man that's Karen from HR"
I said "I know"
Then I saw the chair in the corner
My son's teacher
Folder in her lap
Color-coded tabs
Same ones from both parent-teacher conferences
I looked at my wife
She said "you brought your analyst"
I said "you assembled a panel"
She said "I made some calls"
The therapist looked at Karen
Karen looked at the teacher
The teacher looked at me
I sat down
My analyst sat behind me
On the floor against the wall
There were no more chairs
Legal pad in his lap
Pen ready
Four against two
I counted the therapist on her side
The numbers were not in my favor
But I've closed deals with worse odds
The therapist said "I think we should establish some ground rules"
Karen said "I brought some"
She pulled out a folder
Also color-coded
Two folders in the room with color-coded tabs
Neither of them mine
I respected the organization
I did not respect the ambush
The therapist said "this is a safe space"
I said "it was until HR showed up with a lanyard"
The therapist said "can you remove the mask so we can have an open conversation"
I said "my wife has COVID"
The room went quiet
My wife said "I don't have COVID"
I said "you left a positive test in my lunchbox yesterday"
She closed her eyes
Karen looked at the teacher
The teacher looked at the therapist
The therapist looked at my wife
My wife said "we'll come back to that"
I took the mask off
I didn't understand why everyone was acting strange
But I noted it
Karen said "I'm here as a friend"
I said "you scheduled mandatory fun at 5pm on a Friday and trapped yourself in an escape room for 14 hours"
She said "that's not relevant"
I said "the door was open the entire time"
The teacher said "I'm here because your wife asked me to come"
I said "last time we spoke you requested I not come to meetings"
She said "this is different"
I said "how"
She said "because this time I was invited"
The therapist said "let's focus on the relationship"
My wife pulled out the list
Two pages
Single spaced
Still no consistent punctuation
I pulled the reformatted version from pocket two
She looked at it
I said "my analyst cleaned it up this morning. Same content. Better structure."
She didn't take it
She started reading from hers
"Line one. He negotiated the therapy rate during our first session"
The therapist looked at me
I said "I saved us $25 an hour. Over a six-session commitment that's $150. You're welcome."
My wife continued
"Line four. He visited a divorce lawyer without telling me"
The therapist said "is that true"
I said "it was diligence. I needed to understand the downside exposure to properly value the upside."
My wife said "the upside of what"
I said "you"
She didn't respond to that
Karen made a note
I don't know what she wrote
But her pen was the same one she uses for incident reports
I recognized it
"Line seven. He calculated the cost per sip of my wine at my own birthday dinner"
I said "it was a 147% markup. That's not opinion. That's math."
The therapist said "do you hear how that might feel to your wife on her birthday"
I said "she ordered the bottle anyway. The ROI on that dinner was negative before the entrees arrived."
My wife looked at the ceiling
Some things never change
"Line twelve. He crashed our son's parent-teacher conference. Twice. The second time with his analyst."
The teacher sat up
She said "can I add something"
The therapist said "go ahead"
She opened her folder
Pulled out the test
The multiple-choice question
Fifteen gender options
My son selected none of them
Wrote "Not applicable"
Below that: "Identified: Chromosome XY"
Below that: "Source: Biology textbook, page 217"
With a footnote
The teacher said "he cited a source. On a multiple-choice test. In second grade."
I said "I'm not seeing the issue"
My wife said "he's becoming you"
I said "thank you"
She said "that wasn't a compliment"
The therapist said "I think I'm beginning to understand the pattern"
Karen said "now you see what I deal with"
I said "you write policies nobody reads and enforce rules that don't make common sense. Even my five-year-old knows the door was unlocked."
Karen looked at the therapist
The therapist did not intervene
I respected that
"Line nineteen. He asked our financial advisor why he'd pay a 1% fee when he could buy VOO and do the same thing from his phone"
I said "the therapist provides more value at $250 an hour. I stand by that."
The therapist looked at me differently
I think I just gained a vote
Three against three now
My analyst nodded
I told him not to do that
The therapist paused
She said "I want to ask about communication between you two. Outside of this room. How do you express things to each other"
My wife was quiet
I said "she's been expressing herself through alternative channels recently"
The therapist said "what does that mean"
I declined to elaborate
My wife looked at me
I looked straight ahead
We moved on
The therapist asked my wife what she needs from me
My wife was quiet
Karen started to answer for her
My wife put her hand up
Karen stopped
The teacher put her folder down
My wife said "I need you to stop treating every part of our life like a deal that needs to close"
I said nothing
She said "I need you to sit in a room with me without an agenda"
I said nothing
She said "I need you to be in this marriage like a person. Not a CFO."
The room was very quiet
My analyst stopped writing
First time all session
Karen put her pen down
The teacher closed her folder
The therapist looked at me
I sat there for a while
I said "I don't know how to do that"
The therapist said "that's the first honest thing you've said today"
I said "I'm honest every day. I told a car dealership I had comps on every Tahoe sold within 50 miles. I told a home warranty company their own contract contradicts itself on page 91 and page 104. I told a realtor her brochure had three different fonts and no financials."
The therapist said "those are transactions. I'm asking about your wife."
I looked at her
She was looking at me
Not at the ceiling
Not at the therapist
Not at Karen
Not at the teacher
At me
I said "I went to a divorce lawyer three weeks ago"
Karen's eyebrows went up
The teacher looked at my wife
My wife said "I know. You told me. Asset protection."
I said "I went because I needed to know what it would cost to lose you. So I could understand what it means to keep you. The retainer was $15,000. I didn't sign. Because the model couldn't capture what I'd actually be losing."
The therapist was quiet
My wife was quiet
Karen was writing something
I said "I don't know how to be in a room without an agenda. But I know I want to be in every room you're in. Even the ones I'm not invited to. That's why I keep showing up."
My wife looked at me
Then she said "that's why I keep letting you in"
The therapist teared up
Karen teared up
The teacher teared up
My analyst did not tear up
He was taking notes
I did not tear up either
But I made a note
The therapist said "I think that's a good place to stop"
My wife said "there's one more thing"
The room was still
She reached into her purse
Not the list
Something else
She placed it on the table
I looked at it
Two lines
Positive
I said "I already saw this. You put it in my lunchbox yesterday."
She said "I know"
I said "we should talk about quarantine. I can't afford to be sick before the board deck is due."
Nobody spoke
Karen covered her mouth
The teacher looked away
The therapist took her glasses off
My analyst stood up
He said "boss man"
I said "not now"
He said "boss man that's not a COVID test"
I looked at it again
Two lines
Positive
I looked at the fine print I missed yesterday
I looked at my wife
She wasn't looking at the ceiling
She was looking at me
And she was smiling
I have never seen her smile in a therapist's office before
The therapist said "do you understand what she's telling you"
I said "yes"
I did not say anything else for approximately forty-five seconds
My analyst said that's the longest he's ever seen me go without speaking
Including board meetings
I looked at the test
Then at my wife
I said "unbudgeted headcount"
The therapist said "excuse me?"
I said "she's adding a resource to the org chart without a requisition"
My wife laughed
First time she's laughed in therapy
I said "I'll need to update the sensitivity analysis"
She said "why"
I said "the model at the divorce lawyer's office only accounted for two dependents and a golden retriever. The downside just got significantly worse."
She said "is that your way of saying you're happy"
I didn't answer right away
I said "I'm saying I didn't budget for this. But some of the best investments I've ever made were ones I didn't see coming."
She looked at me
I looked at her
Karen was crying
The teacher was crying
The therapist was crying
My analyst was not crying
He was on page four of his notes
I was not crying either
But the room was blurry
Must have been the mask
The therapist said "now that's a good place to stop"
I said "we still have seventeen minutes. I paid for the full hour."
My wife stood up
Grabbed her purse
Grabbed the test
Looked at me
Said "let's go home"
First time she's said that after one of these and meant it
Karen stayed behind
I think she's booking her own session
The teacher left without saying goodbye
Third time she's done that
I got in the car
My wife was already in the passenger seat
She didn't say anything
I didn't say anything
I put my hand on hers
I don't do that
But I did
Some meetings could have been an email
This one couldn't
$250
One hour
No redline
No debrief
One new line item I didn't see coming
Plz don't fix. Thx.
Sent from my iPhone
Ethan Brooks@alt_w_v_g
Important context heading into this afternoon's couples therapy session My analyst compiled the relevant files below In order Formatted With consistent punctuation You're welcome Plz fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone
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@lawyerschiff I didn’t know much about this case when I watched the trial. So I felt like a juror. I believed her.
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I’m not sure who needs to hear this but Isaiah 60:22 says, “At the right time, I, the Lord, will make it happen.” Not when you’re anxious. Not when you’re overthinking. Not when you feel like you’re running out of time. At the RIGHT time. I know it’s hard when you’ve been praying, waiting, hoping… and nothing seems to be moving. It can make you question everything, even God. But His timing isn’t careless, and it’s definitely not late. It’s intentional. It’s precise.
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At Palm beach Lincoln Reagan dinner Last week as a guest… the event was surprised by the president surprise visit.. and the surprise kept coming that night as I was called on stage by @potus @realdonaldtrump what a personal moment for me… I’m living proof The American dream is alive and well! … it’s there for you! You just have to go get it, earn it, fight for it,stand up for it!!! It’s the greatest truth in the world! America is beautiful!!! Being recognized by the president of the united state is a tremendous honor … and proof no matter what life throws at you… the American dream is for everyone you can over come your circumstances! That’s the American way !!! Weather your born with nothing… discriminated by your looks… assumed stupid… told to shut up and not be yourself or stay in your lane, because it’s not the norm… this is America!!! you can use the negatively as fuel… and be the man I always new I could be …. Thank you America ! #theamericandream #nationaltreasure
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@s22bos21 @lawyerschiff Thanks for the info. I’ve been wondering. I thought it would come up in trial but I never heard it but maybe I missed it. ✔️
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@eas7017 @lawyerschiff his "cause" was a story that "many (unnamed) people saw her hit him in the face and he feared for his life.
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I'm not stunned.
Are you stunned?
I am pretty sure everyone watching on @CourtTV was well prepared for an acquittal
I mean, did you see her getting crossed????
New York Post@nypost
Disgraced cop Kelsey Fitzsimmons receives stunning verdict from judge in police shooting case trib.al/EbNqS9X
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@N76247476Man Hey-I call my ShihTzu Pookie. And she’s not a hood rat. 🤣
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@Owl_Bob_ @1True_American_ @hapmichigan @evicorehc He is right. APPEAL. You have a decent chance of being it overturned. They bank on the fact that you will give up. APPEAL.
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@1True_American_ @hapmichigan @evicorehc Call them and appeal. Ask for the names of the doctors that made the decision. Often that will get them to reverse it, because the decisions are usually made by bean counters, not doctors. They don’t want to admit that.
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HAP (Evicore) denied my husband’s Amyloid PET Scan. This is the ONLY definitive diagnosis tool for Alzheimer’s while the patient is alive.
He does have the gene and therefore a 30% chance of this being what is causing the issues.
@hapmichigan @evicorehc what exactly do you want my husband and our family to do? Wait for an autopsy?
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