Into the deep...

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Shots of one of my reef tanks

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dansiego3:
Thank you sweet @caraphernelia!  It is pretty, although a challenge to keep it looking good.  We battle algae, pest and water chemistry issues all the time.  This tank, though, has been running in one box or another for about 8 years now.
lamarmelade:
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A confession...

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Depression and anxiety. Genetics thereof...

I've had mild depression since my early 20s or maybe earlier. And type I diabetes since i was 11. The two are related i think. But anyway, as i got older, i always thought having a kid would be a bad idea for me. Fear of transmitting my genetics to the next generation.

But my now wife and i had
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dansiego3:
Thanks @jezzied and @sencha.  He has great support around him.  As somewhat mature first time parents of an only child, he grew into a more adult environment, kinda missed out on playing and learning from peers.  I overlooked this.  He had preschool and has some close friends, pretty good socially for the mild introvert that he is.  So his peers and schoolwork kind of bore him.  We have some socialization issues around the three of us really.  And as a parent one quickly learns how easy it is to influence your kid in ways you wish you hadn't.  It seems almost unavoidable.  We gotta accept it and focus on the many available positive approaches we can apply to the problem.  I don't feel the stigma that many do about depression.  We have to watch out for that still though.
dansiego3:
By way of update.  We gave up trying to conquer the fear of the bigger school.  Found a charter school, smaller number of kids of all ages.  He starts today, hoping it goes ok.  Relieved an incredible amount of stress for him, he's doing alot better since we made this decision.  I'm gonna go volunteer over there so he feels safer.  It takes the pressure off the comgnitive progress, gives us time in therapy to work on the depression which i think is the root cause of the anxiety.  I don't know, this poor kid has so many fears, i've got a list of about 20 things and some of them are big.

What would my first tattoo be?

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I don't have any but have been thinking about why. Thought if i got one i'd have a piece of coral done. Maybe like this one, not sure it would read well as a tat though...

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midnight:
Oooh or what if the flowed spilled down the sides of the bottle as if they were excess soda bubbles, except flowers haha
dansiego3:
@midnightsun i like it!  I think there is possibility here...

Naptime...

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dansiego3:
Yes @caraphernelia, mireya buys very cute blankies for the dogs.  Titi likes to chew holes in hers, she in the neurotic one.  Sometimes when i let her out of her room in the am, she is all tied up in her holey blanket!  Stuck like a straightjacket!
23476584:
Cute<3

Bambina's morning ritual

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Every morning this blind chunky doxie wakes up early and charges the kitchen blindly. Looking for her pile of honey nut cheerios. She continues to beg through a few hours until her mom titi wakes up. Perhaps this helps to explain why bambina is about twice the weight and size if titi. Titi requires a snack to get her juices going, and bambina benefits then
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Losing pets and grief in general

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I've got this dog. Titi. She's a mini dacschund, about 14 years old. This is her, she used to be full red but now is white.

Anyway, titi is the love of my life. I've always been a dog lover. My first dog was a puppy when i was a baby. Shuey. We put her to sleep at 18. My wife and i scored titi
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willowdaniels:
It's the worst. 😭 I'm so sorry!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 She's so adorable and has been well taken care of! Please give her a hug and a kiss from me!!!! ❤️
dansiego3:
It's all good folks.  She's fine for now.  We got some unfortunate news about a close friend of ours, looks like a funeral is in our future as i expected.  We've got some time to enjoy him though, that's one positive feature of cancer.  It's relatively predictable in certain cases.  Especially when you refuse treatment which is what our friend plans.  Sniffle.  Time to get ready for a human loss instead of the pet one.  
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