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Emus win in the war against Australia, things parents never thought they’d have to say, a zen thought that will help you find peace, and, uh, pooping while surfing…? |
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Emus win in the war against Australia, things parents never thought they’d have to say, a zen thought that will help you find peace, and, uh, pooping while surfing…? |
And none of this has to do with all the great parenting-related content that bubbled up this week across reddit communities like /r/Mommit, /r/Daddit, /r/BabyBumps, /r/SingleParents, and /r/Parenting/ this week.
My sister is a nurse and yet it was /r/nursing that taught me it was Nurses Appreciation Week. These kinds of holidays normally make my eyes roll, but I’ve had enough exposure to awesome nurses that this one is worth sharing. Seriously, read the stories. They’ll inspire you to go find a nurse (if you don’t know one) just to thank them.
Did you see the redditor who came to /r/legaladvice seeking, well, legal advice, and ended up getting his life saved from carbon monoxide poisoning??
Australia also confirmed why we should take emus seriously. Please, can some Australians share more stories of their “Emu War Machine” in this issue’s post on /r/upvoted?
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I headed in and walked up behind a stand of trees. Peeled the suit down far enough to facilitate the process, and promptly shit in my hood. |
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No way I was unsuiting in one of those nasty outhouses they had at the time, so I started my Battan Shit March home, confident I could defy the shame and stench of failure… It was like changing my own diaper. |
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Halfway thru emptying my chocolate pocket, a sailboat FULL of people appears out of nowhere and cruises past me … A lot of eye contact was made as they sailed past. I’m also thankful that it happened in 2000, before camera phones, Youtube, or social media. |
This moment, this present arising, this raw non-conceptual sensory experience… Imagine absolutely nothing is lacking. You’ve made it, you’ve arrived, congratulations.
Concede that you’ll never get all your ducks in a row. Give up ducks and rows altogether. They’re not really there—merely a feeling of lack and the opportunity to let it go … Give up, then keep going.
reddit has a robust network of parents who can laugh about the crazy things kids say, but they also provide encouragement and advice through tough situations, whether it’s figuring out how to help an ugly child or talking about letting your kids see you naked, and whether you’re a single parent, LGBT parent, or have a baby on the way.
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Every week she humbles me with her work as an ICU Nurse. Every week she leaves me speechless in the most impossibly consistent manner. She provides me a window into a world that I had no conceptions of … really a world that none of us want to see. |
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I’m sobbing like a child. Thank you for this. Your message is beautiful and your partner is lucky to have you in her life. Please give her a hug and tell her thank you from a fellow nurse on Reddit. |
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Genuinely mindblown when I first saw this. There are so many different languages, customs and cultures in that enormous expanse of land, it’s completely nonsensical to think of “Africans” as one type of people. |
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As it turns out, other continents are also the size of several countries. |
P.S.This week we also learned about the time Australia declared war on 20,000 marauding emus—and lost. Even though they were the ones with jeep-mounted machine guns. Australia’s wildlife wins again.
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