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Valerie Monroe's avatar

Vaseline seems to be weirdly in the air this week: https://valeriemonroe.substack.com/p/wisdom-for-the-ages

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𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗦𝗸𝘂𝗯𝘆's avatar

Is that on our kitchen windowsill?!?!! No, no!! Lolol

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Em Allyn®️™️'s avatar

Lol at "you greasin' up" it's LITERALLY the same GREASE they use for ENGINES lol lol lol

I've never been a vaseline guy but also I've never been a mother? Maybe they are related predilections?

LOVE YOUR UPCYCLE & you can use it for seedlings whenever the prickly boi gets too leggy for it. For now it is acting as Mother Earth for Prickly Boi.

MOSTLY i am commenting here because if you haven't listened to this/watched it, I think you may really enjoy this epi as there's quite a lot of Danny's Song discussion plus other delightful stuff:

https://youtu.be/-fqL3zKkeeQ?si=a2jox74doHt1lu6k

Attaching youtube link but it's a podcast so obvi its on those places too if easier for you!

Let's call your uterus "retired" not deceased!!!!! ;) She's earned her rest.

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Mo Collins's avatar

I absolutely love your comment. Retired uterus it is!! Thank you!

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Becky's avatar

Aww I love this. I too am an emotional hoarder so I totally get it. What an adorable way to repurpose it.

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Mo Collins's avatar

What's an item you are currently emotionally hoarding? I love this stuff.

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Becky's avatar

I have shoeboxes of greeting cards that I can’t bring myself to part with.

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Luci's avatar

And now you will smile every time you look at it. :-) I also have trouble parting with things (I still have my promptbook from Dog Stories!), so your journey with that little jar resonates greatly with me. <3

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Mo Collins's avatar

Omgosh!! DOG STORIES!!! I was pregnant then! Hello!!

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Mps's avatar

Lovely and

Just lovely

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Mo Collins's avatar

As is your comment. Thanks you.

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Amy - The Tonic's avatar

This story didn’t succ ☺️

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Mo Collins's avatar

Neither does this cute comment 😂❤️

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Danielle Kennedy's avatar

Love where you placed the Vas. Perfect. And how I loved being pg and mommy too. Sometimes I find myself covered in sadness because so much has passed. So much joy. So we just keep digging in for more new places to find it. love u.

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dbjean's avatar

I grew up with Vaseline, and I shall die with Vaseline. Vaseline FOREVER!!!

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Erin’s Cosmic Closet's avatar

Dear Mo,

Heartfelt thanks to you and your vintage Vaseline jar for keeping Sylvester McMonkey McBean the hell away from our uteruses for the better part of 33 years. I'm sure he'll return (with promises of giving us our bodies back) once he realizes he left 78 cents on the dollar on the table the last time he skipped town.

In the meantime, Viva Las Succulents!

Your pal,

Erin

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Erin’s Cosmic Closet's avatar

D'oh! 38 years. Emerson College math...

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Jane's avatar

I, too had a forever jar of Vaseline.

It's long gone now, but your story brought back memories

Thanks. Mo!

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Joe iaquinto's avatar

As a former stay-at-home dad, I am weeping, ova here. Beautiful! And I will never listen to "Vaseline" by STP the same way again!

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