carolyn @ccarolson

Exhausted. United States Joined February 2012

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carolyn @ccarolson

2 months ago

@PolitiBunny (As we say in Medora) “Bully! 🇺🇸

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carolyn @ccarolson

2 months ago

@mkhammer As a North Dakotan, I can assure you Medora is a great family trip—bring the kids! And see the musical 🙂Library looks outstanding!

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My wife going through a miscarriage was an actual “loss”. It was the most difficult season of our lives. It was beyond devastating. Being by my wife’s side as she went through that process was excruciating. It was horrific really. So many sleepless nights where you don’t know

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Lu for Alaska @luinalaska

3 months ago

I keep coming back to this post. Inconvenient, difficult, unwell children saved my life. I remember the day I met each of my children. The intention of this post isn’t cruelty. I have made choices in my life that would bring me to my knees with grief if I didn’t know we have such a thing as redemption. Just hear me out. I’m not casting a stone. My youngest was having a baby meltdown. She was in severe distress. I remember finding a chair and just letting her wail on my chest. Inconsolable. So I sat with her in her inconsolable moment. There for damn sure wasn’t fixing it. At least not then. I will spare the details for her privacy, but killing her in the womb would have felt merciful to the people who imagine death for unborn children could be a mercy. So she wailed. I rocked. I explained the situation to her. So listen this is a bullshit situation we find ourselves in. You’re in foster care. This is confusing. I don’t smell right to you. My heartbeat is unfamiliar. My voice is unrecognizable. You also feel like dog shit. Like proper bad. I’ve got you. I’m going to just be right here. So she lived. We lived. We navigated that particular stormy sea as we have all the others. My son was so sick when he came to me I had to put him in a warm bath to remove the clothes adhered to his wounds. This isn’t hyperbole. He wasn’t speaking. Hell I wouldn’t have talked to people anymore either. I’m like boo I would keep my mouth shut too. You don’t know me I might be plum crazy. Let’s go to Denny’s and get waffles and think about this relationship. There are four more. All different in their own ways. My reactively attached kid. My kid we sent to rehab. Listen none of it is a nicely wrapped package like a hallmark movie. I didn’t snap my fingers and things were just cool. Hell things still aren’t cool. My kids have court dates. They make messy decisions. So do I. We fight. Sometimes we have to repeat classes because we can’t get our shit together and math is hard. But see the promise isn’t easy. You get the road to travel. It’s proper hard. But my blessings come with actually participating. In showing up. I’ll go to court with you, babe. Want to get coffee on the way I’m thirsty. I mean maybe he had it coming. Our children are not going to be perfect regardless of their genetics. Your sweet angel will meet the wrong man and develop a pill problem. Your healthy child will get a rare disease and need around the clock care. All we can do is show up. Allow each unique human life to unfold. Participate in the absolute wonder of it all. If you should so happen to try again, and that child has Down syndrome, consider this an opportunity for grace. This season will be hard. Your critics will inform you of their feelings. Reflect. Allow some to love you and allow others to speak truth to you. It will be a lifelong grief. But that’s the road you’re now on. Be well.

Jesse Ridgway @McJuggerNuggets

3 months ago

This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Trisomy 21. The choice was not made lightly. We really appreciate all of the personal stories that you guys shared with us, especially the unconditional support we received from fans

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carolyn @ccarolson

3 months ago

This is reprehensible. May God have mercy.

Jesse Ridgway @McJuggerNuggets

3 months ago

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Ben Sasse @BenSasse

4 months ago

some thoughts for American parents—> 2026 Alexander Hamilton Awards: The Honorable Ben Sasse youtu.be/YzziAtD94rA?si… via @YouTube

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carolyn @ccarolson

4 months ago

@BenSasse @EWErickson .@BenSasse We have 4 kids in a private Christian K-12 and are currently fighting for 15yo son to be allowed (!!) to take a more challenging math track, as rec’d by his math teacher. He’s smart but bored. America can’t continue to be exceptional with this mentality…so now what?

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carolyn @ccarolson

5 months ago

Waiting to see the astronauts of @NASAArtemis like

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Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT

5 months ago

This week's episode of "Interesting Times" is a conversation with Ben Sasse, who is dying in public: nytimes.com/2026/04/09/opi…

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Matt Jones @KySportsRadio

6 months ago

High Point student radio call of the game is what it is all about

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carolyn @ccarolson

6 months ago

Dang. @SecRubio is good at this.

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carolyn @ccarolson

6 months ago

This is what social media government accounts are for. Glorious!

The White House @WhiteHouse

6 months ago

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carolyn @ccarolson

6 months ago

THEIR JESEYS LOOK THE SAME THIS IS MADNESS #USAHockey #MilanoCortinaOlympics2026

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carolyn @ccarolson

6 months ago

USA!! 🇺🇸🦅

USA Hockey @usahockey

6 months ago

GOLDEN ONCE AGAIN 🇺🇸🦅 #WINTEROLYMPICS

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Mikey O’ver @MikeyOver1

6 months ago

Something about USA hockey makes me feel the most patriotic I have ever felt every time they have to play Must crush the Sweeds. Must assert dominance. Can’t stop saying “I WANT YOU TO BE A HOCKEY PLAYER”

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Hoover Institution @HooverInst

7 months ago

In December 2025, former US Senator @BenSasse announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. That's the primary topic for this @UncKnowledge conversation about mortality, faith, and what truly matters when time is short. Talking to host @P_M_Robinson, Sasse reflects on "redeeming the time"—holding ambition lightly, loving family more deliberately, and resisting the urge to make politics or professional success the center of life. The discussion also covers Sasse's thoughts on the failures of Congress; the dangers of a fragmented, attention-starved republic; the crisis of higher education; and the moral challenges of technological abundance. He speaks candidly and movingly about regret, forgiveness, prayer, and suffering—arguing that while death is a real enemy, it does not get the final word. Watch the full conversation on X:

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carolyn @ccarolson

7 months ago

@KevOnStage Both ways!! 😄

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carolyn @ccarolson

8 months ago

Ben Sasse remains a national treasure. Horrifying, tragic news 😢

Ben Sasse @BenSasse

8 months ago

Friends- This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die. Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence.