Diary Diarhea True Stories "Baby Shower" or "Kids Say The Dar
09/19/2026 09:41 p.m.
Diary Diarhea True Stories

Yesterday, Friday

"Baby Shower" or
"Kids Say The Darndest Things"?

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September 18th began the "gathering" in Goldsboro in our home and across town at our youngest son's home, which use to be my brother's home before he passed away from lung cancer in my arms in January 2020 at our community's Hospice. Another story, another time. Our oldest and youngest sons are single fathers with 3 children each and our only daughter has none. The reason for our gathering is Wade's brother's only child and son, Alexander. Zander and Sarah got married in a castle in Europe last year and now are expecting a daughter due on my brother-in-law 's birthday. Sarah is a direct descendant of Josephine and Napoleon and they are having a baby girl and naming her Josephine. My sister-in-law, MaryAnna, the expectant grandmother to be, was born in Germany, where her father was from [may her parents RIP] and owned a cannery. MaryAnna and her family migrated from Germany during her senior year in high school. Her mother was an American citizen and her father became one. Ken and MaryAnna were high school sweethearts and the best in laws one could ever have. I can clue you that they are very liberal and so was my vaccinated and twice boosted [covid vaccinated] mother-in-law [also now passed away and another story]. Sarah has a brother with a transsexual boyfriend. At the wedding in Europe, one of Sarah's friends came over to meet my mother-in-law with a nice friendly "meow". Melba simply smiled and echoed a "meow" back- she was so cool, the best and sweetest MIL a girl could ever have. And now....I am in a car heading to the baby shower with all my girls and little Legend, our youngest grandson, now 6 years old.
We are gathering for the baby shower in Raleigh. Rose came in from Rocky Mount along with her 2 brothers and stayed at Robbie's where she has her own bedroom. Melissa drove down from Candler which is in the Appalachian Mountains near Asheville NC. Our 2 oldest grandaughters (from our oldest son) both have driver's licenses and 1 just graduated high school. They are coming in from Cedar Falls, near Ashboro and NC Zoo.

As we rode together, Legend mentioned he liked going to baby showers because he had recently gone to another one with his mom (his parents are split up with shared custody) and told us all about the food and fun and he knew what it was all about. Melissa was asking Legend about school and he said he broke up with his girlfriend from kindergarten and didn't like like little girls anymore.
That is fine with me because I am not a big fan of little kids mimicking big kids playing at romance. Not in kindergarten and first grade, especially. So.....

Our daughter asked him why he broke up with Aniyah, the girlfriend he had in kindergarten. And this is what he said:

"The reason why I broke up with Aniyah is because she wet her pants on the playground"

How wasn't laughing either.
He was dead serious.

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Hey, Pathetics-

I'm still breathing but it's been a crazy time for me and I'm filled with much anxiety. Why? Because on the afternoon of the 23rd of December I was attacked by a rabid cat that had wondered into my carport. [*a few weeks earlier and very near my house a man was attacked by a rabid fox jumping on his back as he was in his backyard grilling!].
We live within the city limits and I am just outside of Seymour Johnson AFB. The cat appeared dead at first a d had a bloody injury on its front leg. I was 3 feet away, curious, when it suddenly sprang up and grabbed onto my right arm with claws and jaws and would not let go. I was in this situation over 5 minutes in agony before anyone heard my screams. The neighbors called the police and my husband finally came out and beat the cat unconscious. Animal control got the cat immediately but due to holidays, I did not get confirmation until the 29th. I started PEP treatment then, but I fear I may have contracted the disease ultimately anyway because the fangs nicked my medial nerve and artery too. At the emergency room on the 23rd I got a tetanus shot and Amoxicillan immediately. All my wounds and especially claw related wounds went numb due to adrenaline.
[I had a really deep claw puncture in my cuticle and another small bite at the side of my bony left hand finger plus scratches]. None of it turned red or ever got infected and heed quickly. It's the right arm with the worst wounds-the embedded bite that lasted over 5 minutes that developed "infection"....started getting bad by the 26th and on the 29th I was getting my rabies globulin and 1st rabies vaccine injections. By Jan. 1st, during my 2nd shot, the doctor told me he was admitting me. I had to have surgery and now it's a waiting game. I am at risk, even so. The odds are still in my favor. I'll let you know the outcome--if I'm able.

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