I went through my life trying to figure out if I was one of those round things or the square ones, or maybe I was just was in between, and one day I realized I was more oblong and oddlong and that is okay. Could some new imaginary friends help me on the next steps of my journey?

Here are some links to some places you can find support during this crisis. If you have more please share them!
https://www.crisistextline.org/blog/covid19-update
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/managing-stress-anxiety.html

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If I hear from 500 people on Twitter and Instagram, that donate and tag @dearestscooter and @waterwheelphish, by June 30th, I will give myself a home perm in early July. And we will help a good cause. I know not everyone will be able to tweet or post about it so I am hoping those 500 people are representative of 5000 people who donate and we can generate $50k in new support for them. Let’s do it!!! https://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com/waterwheel

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