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Nov 01, 2024
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Me and Sophia, Halloween 2024

November 1! Can you believe it? We've nearly made it through the year. I am in recovery mode after celebrating Halloween with Sophie. It was a good day, but also a demanding one. I managed to get a shower and dressed up as Coraline.

Yes, I even colored my hair with some cheap boxed dye and Sophie was so excited about that. So, now I have blue hair, haha. She can't even remember the years when I did dress up for Halloween and take her or trick-or-treating before my lipedema progressed. She was too young.

This is the first year she'll remember, since it's been so long.

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