861st Friday Blog Roundup

Ten years ago, I wrote my 9/11 story—everyone over a certain age has one. I was thinking today about how raw it still feels; how recent. The events of that day and the time afterward. How my entire marriage fits inside the aftermath of that day. It’s impossible for me to mentally separate them.

Sending a lot of love out into the universe tomorrow.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments in order to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. In order to read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• None… sniff…

Okay, now my choices this week.

No Kidding in NZ draws a comparison between two unrelated communities, pointing out the similar statements people make to the members. And, at the same time, the positives of the two communities are similar, too. She writes: “How wonderful it is that there are people who care, and spend their time and energy in helping others, who want to make sense of their pain by helping others. There is so much love in these communities, it gives me hope for the world when we normally see so much division.” I love that and feel it, too.

Infertilityhonesty writes about the human tendency to think things can’t happen to us. But she points out that infertility can happen to anyone: “The number of things that take place on a cellular level that determine life outcomes AND that we don’t control is endless, after all. The short of it is that a few minute aspects of my reproductive programming figuratively turned left instead of right. That’s all.” It is sobering to think how little stands between reality and the otherwise, and it would do all of us well to remember that we should acknowledge that chance.

Lastly, Jewish IVF is waiting for her FET results. But it’s a different world. She writes: “I don’t have any pee sticks. I may have learned my lesson with the mind games they cause and didn’t restock after the last round. Instead, we’re running around town looking for other tests: covid testing kits are once again in short supply.” Sending her good thoughts for the post-holiday results.

The roundup to the Roundup: The 20th anniversary of 9/11. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between September 3 – 10) and not the blog’s main url. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.