Interesting fact: wildflowers symbolize unity, so Katniss covering Rue in them carries another layer of significance that way.

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll have to plan a movie night with my mom so we can both be nostalgic. :)

Thank you!! I thought so from the other comments but wanted to be sure. I read the book as a kid and saw the 1995 adaptation, but somehow missed this one; I need to watch it.

Switch player weighing in that the best place to play a cozy game like dreamlight valley is when you are also a cozy as possible. It's a great wind-down game, and I can't personally imagine playing it at a desk on PC.

Wait... You can move the pillars out of their biomes???

Solidarity. I'm in the same boat, and it's so tough. It gets better after that first year adjusting though. I had to tell myself so many times, and still do, that this is all temporary. Seeing glimpses of the relationship my kids have, it's all worth it.

100%! Domestic chores are life skills not wife skills. So thankful my M-I-L taught my husband how to be an equal partner.

I'm so thankful to live at a time when obsessively maintaining the house can be the thing that gives. I'll get to the dishes and laundry when I can, but I'm not giving up time with my babies.

It's a quest reward in Uldah, Steps of Thall. Talk to the Medicine Merchant NPC.

It was such a shifty experience. Definitely confirmed some in-game theories about the nature of fantasias.

No, but there is a questline with minor dialogue changes depending on your choice.

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Rapunzel :Rapunzel:

No. In the movies and, as far as I know, animated series, the Sultan never specifies how old Jasmine is. He just says she needs to marry before her next birthday. Aladdin has no official age either. I'm pretty sure the only princesses whose ages are blatantly stated in the movie are: Aurora (16), Ariel (16), and Rapunzel (18). Anything besides that is fandom-based, gleaned from behind the scenes info or guessing.

I like to view the characters as "ageless" and give the benefit of the doubt for time between happy endings, wedding scenes, and happily ever after. If it doesn't give a specific time frame saying however many days, weeks, months, years later, you are free to imagine whatever you want. In Ariel's case, I like to imagine that she and Eric didn't get married right away.

Honestly, probably. I don't know because I would never want to come across like I'm encouraging anyone to get an abortion. It's something I'm wrestling with.

I was almost aborted by my birthmom, but she chose adoption instead. It was a beautiful story. Growing up, I was told that if I was pro choice, then I was pro murder and advocating that someone like me never should have existed, and I'm still wrestling with the existential crisis. I also had people who were pro choice tell me that it wouldn't matter if I had been aborted, that I essentially make no difference in the world. Logically, I guess it tracks in an alternate universe sense, but it didn't help sway me toward the pro choice side of the argument.

It upsets me that a lot of pro life people spend their time arguing and harassing others. People who are desperate going to a clinic are not going to run to the arms of an angry mob. As a Christian, love should be at the core of anything I do; love for others over myself.

I'm more of the mindset of wanting to let the option be there, but doing what I can to encourage people to choose life even if it isn't easy. If someone chooses abortion, that is really sad to me, but I don't hate them for it; I grieve for them because that had to be a tough thing to choose to do. I am a personal example of how something positive can come out of a negative experience, and I would much rather make the idea of abortion unthinkable or undesirable for a few lives than illegal for the masses. I would love to see there be no need for it at some point in the future. In the meantime, I spend spare time and resources helping young parents who need support due to an unexpected pregnancy that they choose to keep our want to give up. I'm pro-all life, not just pro-baby. Maybe this all makes me lame on the pro choice side of things these days, but I'm still working through everything.

Sorry for being notified for my long introspection to your valid point.

That song introduced me to The Civil Wars, and they quickly became one of my favorite bands. Their music is something else.

Pro-life Christian here. I disagree with this sentiment. What matters is our impact on the world for Christ and how we minister and give of ourselves for others, those who believe and those who do not. I don't like the idea of forcing people to make decisions we might make. It is not loving or reaching others for Christ in a positive way.

Edited due to unfinished thoughts.

Oh my goodness, thank you!! This is such an amazing resource with info on each district too! :D

Not only would I not have survived childbirth with babies requiring c-sections, but I, as a baby, and my birthmother would not have survived my birth at 25 weeks gestation. Even a few years earlier, they would not have had the technology needed to save my life. I thank God for the brilliant minds who invented the technology and doctors who saved me.