Susan Marshall

“I’m not mad, just disappointed”

This past August, we were flying cross‑country with our 8‑month‑old son after his sixth round of chemo. His stomach hurt, his little body was exhausted, and he kept letting out that soft, broken whine babies make when they’re uncomfortable but trying so hard to settle. Not screaming. Not throwing a fit. Just hurting in the only way he knew how. In front of us was a family taking their daughter to SMU’s freshman welcome week. Their biggest stress was how she was going to fit all her clothes in her dorm room — and she was the one who kept turning around. Every few minutes, this privileged freshman would glare at my wife like our son was ruining her trip and her wardrobe planning. It lasted maybe 30 minutes before he fell asleep. But the way those looks made my wife feel… man. I’ll be honest — I was praying she got a nightmare roommate who “borrowed” every outfit she brought. That flight reminded me of something important: you never know what that baby is going through, you never know what those parents are carrying, and you never know what that tiny cry is coming from. So yeah, maybe a baby whining on a plane is annoying. But sometimes that sound is coming from a kid fighting battles you can’t see — and parents doing everything they can just to make it through the day. A little grace goes a long way.

You’re not really a parent until you wake up in the middle of the night to transfer clothes from the washer to the dryer so your kids have something green to wear to school on St. Patrick’s Day.

This actually hit hard.

This can't be the same brain that learnt glycolysis and Krebs cycle.

My worse nightmare would be if Jonny’s mom and mine are friends.

Onlygrans: only fans but grandmas who teach you how to cook, weave, knit, give you relationship advice and help you live to 100.

This is Alex Roca Campillo. He has cerebral palsy and became the first person in the world with a 76% disability to finish a marathon. Alex showed the world that a person’s inabilities don’t determine their value or potential. Truly inspiration ❤️

At university, you realize that: 1. many students are dumb 2. you’re not particularly smart either.

Nicola Coughlan speaks about the body-shaming she has received from ‘Bridgerton’ viewers: “You know what was really bizarre was, when I was shooting that series, I was exercising a lot because I knew I had to, so I had lost a bunch of weight – I was probably a size 10 and one of the corsets was a size 8. And then people talked about how I was plus size and I was like, ‘How f*cked are we that I am the biggest woman you want to see on screen?’” “I remember this really drunk girl once talking to me in a bathroom being like, ‘I loved [Bridgerton] because of your body.’ And started talking about my body, and I was like, ‘I want to die. I hate this so much…’ It’s really hard when you work on something for months and months of your life, you don’t see your family, you really dedicate yourself and then it comes down to what you look like – it’s so f*cking boring.” (elle.com/uk/life-and-cu…)

Y'all moved on too quickly from the video showing a sitting senator breaking the arm of a veteran who opposed the war in Iran.

Hey, Americans👋🏻 Quick question…… What the actual fuck is wrong with you? He’s a convicted felon, a paedophile, he’s out there conducting illegal wars and bombing schoolgirls and his party are treating him like the second coming of Christ. None of this is fucking normal🤯

@mikejwhelan I’m so sorry ❤️

Rebecca Died 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

HR: "The employee survey is 100% private." Manager the next day 👇

can i get a fucking ETA on “this too shall pass”

“It’s been a long-ass week” — me, in the middle of Monday.

This was seriously one of those *make it make sense* days for me. It's not just that they grilled Hillary for basically nothing, it's that out of 1000s of files & ALL those perpetrators, they grilled a fckng WOMAN. Who's not even implicated in the files! And while i'm well aware she volunteered to clear the air, it still came off feeling so profoundly insulting that once again, a female's having to answer for some male predator bullshit. Go ask some fucking MEN about Epstein. Go ask your fucking President. 😡

I am officially at the age where I don’t know if I am injured or if this is just how it feels to be this old.

You know you are in a toxic office environment when your best work goes unnoticed. BUT your one mistake ends up in a meeting.

I don’t need a vacation. I need about three consecutive days where nothing is wrong and no one needs anything from me.