With autumn blues slowly creeping into our cooling homes and days getting shorter, it’s easy to feel a little down. You may feel a little more sensitive, irritated or generally dissatisfied with the world around you.
And it’s understandable. With the cost-of-living crisis, gloomy post-pandemic reality, Russia’s war on Ukraine, barely affordable housing and ever growing inflation, few things make us joyful these days. And since bad news has penetrated all layers of media, we prepared you a heartwarming antidote – Bored Panda’s compilation of strictly wholesome and feel-good stories, pictures and events that people shared online.
After you’re done, be sure to check out our previous positivity-induced features here, here and here and don’t forget to share them with others in need of a little pat on the back!
#1 Boy Reunited With His Cat He Had Lost While Crossing The Polish - Ukrainian Border
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#2 Before And After Beating Cancer. 2019 - 2020 - 2021
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#3 Ladies And Gents Out On The Beach
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#4 The Famous Actor Met A Young Couple In A Hotel Bar In Northamptonshire. They Invited Him To The Wedding, And Keanu Reeves Could Not Refuse
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#5 It Has Been Amazing To See How AIDS Has Been Controlled, Definitely A Win For Humanity
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#6 Someone At The Purrfect Day Cat Cafe In Louisville, KY Filling Out The Paperwork To Take This Kitty Home
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#7 The Owners Asked To Superimpose The Image Of Timber, Their Recently Departed Dog, Into The Photo As They Spread His Ashes Into A Pond. This Is The Result
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#8 It May Not Seem Like Much, But After Two Years Of Struggling, My Fridge Is Finally Full Tonight
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#9 I Saw This Man And His Dog Whilst I Was Crossing A Bridge In Prague. It Was -4°C Out And He Used His Only Blanket To Wrap Up The Dog. A True Act Of Love
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#10 I Don't Have Anyone To Celebrate With But I'm 8-Years Clean Of Heroin Today. Yay Me
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#11 Good To Be Open
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#12 He Used To Be In A Coma, I Used To Be A Fat Guy. Now We're Both Recovering
My son is recovering from a brain injury. We have a deal now...if he's standing, I'm running. He's up to 90 minutes and I'm down 70 lbs.
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#13 A Kindergarten Classroom At Gatewood Elementary School In Minnesota Was Learning About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A Teacher Captured This Precious Moment
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#14 I’ve Been Traveling Through The 50 States In Memory Of My Best Friend. Today I Visited Alaska, Completing My Journey
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#15 My Sister's Husband Stepped Away From Her During Their Wedding Ceremony To Say Some Vows To Her Girls
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#16 They Are Just So Cute
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#17 This Guy Managed To Photobomb His Girlfriend For A Whole Month, By Taking Engagement Ring Pictures Without Her Having Any Idea About It
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#18 I Went To A Community BBQ Tonight And Sat By Myself. A Few Minutes Later This Kid Came And Sat Down Across From Me. He Shyly Asked, "Sir, Do Know How To Play Magic?"
I told him that I'd played as a teen. He pulled out two decks and challenged me. How could I say no? It made my night.
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#19 A Portrait To Commemorate My Best Friend Arden, Who Passed Away Earlier This Year After A Long And Adventure-Filled Life
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#20 In The Men's Locker Room At My Gym
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#21 My Dad Lost His Job During Covid. He Drove School Bus. He Recently Got His Old Job Back And Stopped Driving. A Boy From His Bus Stopped By The Other Day Just To “Talk Birds”
They connected on his bus route talking about birds.
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#22 After A Five-Year Wait And Three Attempts, I Finally Got Gay Married To My Gay Husband
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#23 I Use My Bike To Deliver Medicine And Food During The War In Ukraine
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#24 Paul Rudd Being Friendly With A Fan
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#25 This Soldier's Body Armor Has Additional Protection. In Addition To The Armor Plates, There Is A Drawing Made By His Daughter To "Protect Dad From The Evil Russians"
Image credits: DefenceU
#26 This Ambulance Has Stork Decals, One For Each Of The Babies Born In The Back
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#27 Nice Employee
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#28 My Little Cousin Did His Last Chemo Treatment And Is Now Cancer Free. It's Been A Long Battle But Look At That Smile. That's My Hero
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#29 The Speed Camera Lottery In Stockholm, Sweden. Drive At Or Under The Speed Limit And You'll Be Entered Into A Lottery Where The Prize Fund Comes From The Fines Speeders Pay
The average speed was reduced from 32 km/h to 25 km/h (a reduction of 22%).
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#30 I Cleaned My Depression Closet
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#31 We Just Delivered $9,000 In Children's Food In Ukraine
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#32 A Living Legend
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#33 Sofía Jirau, The First Victoria's Secret Model With Down Syndrome, Says She's Dreamed About A Career In Fashion Since She Was A Little Girl
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#34 Moved To Japan, Met My Neighbor
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#35 A Single Dad Adopted An 11-Year-Old Teen After His Adoptive Family Dropped Him Off At The Hospital And Never Came Back
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#36 U Of U Burn Unit Putting On A "Party" For One Of The Little Kids In Their Care
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#37 The Housekeeper Deserve A Raise, They Must Love Their Job
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#38 Such A Wholesome Moment
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#39 My Dad Was Admitted To The Hospital Right Before Christmas. We Didn't Know If He Would Make It Home At All. This Is My Parents Slow Dancing To "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
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#40 Found This From My Husband In My Car On The Way To A Big Interview Yesterday
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#41 My Wife Before And After Saying "I Love You"
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#42 I Was Assaulted Last May And Attempted To Take My Life In November After Losing A Close Friend. A Few Weeks Ago I Took Senior Pictures With My PTSD Service Dog In Training
I didn’t think I’d make it this far
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#43 My Teacher Tried To Draw My Doodles When He Graded My Quiz
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#44 1001 Days Sober. 4-digit Club. Was An IV Drug User For 10+ Years
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#45 Say Hello To Arnold Schwarzenegger's Puppy Schnitzel
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#46 A Photograph Of Humanity. "I'm A Russian But I'm Sorry"
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#47 11 Signs You're The Favorite Child
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#48 My Wife And I Put Up Our Own Candidate This Year
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#49 Did I Buy My Grandma And Her Senior Corgi A Utility Cart To Keep On Doing What They Love On Our Farm? You Betcha
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#50 Before I Met My BF, He Hated Small Dogs, And My Dog, Maisie, Was Terrified Of Men. This Picture Was Taken Two Weeks After They Met
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#51 Sometimes It’s Ok To Slow Down
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#52 My Husband Was So Excited About His Custom Card
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#53 Discovered A Brain Tumor Last Month, And Named It Johnny Silverhand. Successfully Cut Out Two Weeks Ago
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#54 My City Has Begun To Change Any Russian-Related Public Road Names To Reference Ukraine Instead
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#55 Every Year This Goose Builds Her Nest Atop A Giant Wood Chip Pile At Our University Power Plant. The Guys Do A Great Job Of Carving Away The Pile Without Endangering Her Or The Eggs
And then the waiting begins.
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#56 I Put A Log In The Pond Behind My House And I Think It Worked
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#57 Got Married To My Favorite Weirdo Yesterday
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#58 To Promote NASA’s Artemis Program I Regularly Set Up My Telescope On Busy Street Corners To Show Passerby The Moon
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#59 My Daughter Was Born With A Terrible Lung Disease And Was On Life Support For Her First Four Days On This Earth. Before vs. After
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#60 Father And Son Looking And "Father And Son" Mural I Painted Of Them In West Allis WI
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#61 Today I Reached The Mountain Top As A Single Dad
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#62 Smooth
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#63 City Roads Crew Saw This Little Boy Sitting Outside With His Grandmother Wearing His Reflective Vest, And Watching Them Work. They Asked Him If He Wanted To Help
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#64 Our Family Doesn’t Qualify For Food Stamps, But Every Week I Am Very Grateful That Our Community Offers Such A Wonderful Food Bank To Anyone Who Needs Help
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#65 Blursed Street Art
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#66 My Dad Has ALS And Was Unable To Climb The Steps At Rock Eagle. Thanks To My Husband, He Made It To The Top With Us
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#67 Friendly Neighborhood Sniperman
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#68 My Brother Went On A Date With His Little Girlfriend And He Is So In Love
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#69 My Tiny Italian Landlord Strikes Again
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#70 My Son’s Reaction When He First Saw His Girlfriend Come Down The Stairs To Go To The Senior Prom
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#71 People Protesting In St. Petersburg, Russia. The Placards Read “You Are A Bloody Dictator, Not A Freedom Fighter” And “No War”
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#72 My Wife Gave Me The Best Christmas Gift Ever
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#73 Got My Piece Of Shot Down Russian Plane Today After Donating To 'Drones For Ukraine' Fund
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#74 Wife Did That To My T-Shirt Without Asking. Now It’s My Favorite Shirt
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#75 Ukrainer
Traditional german pastry "Berliner" was renamed to "Ukrainer" (Ukrainers) and colored in blue and yellow. the text says: with every "Ukrainer" sold, 1 EUR will be spent on Ukrainian emergency aid.
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#76 After Three Long Years, I'm Happy To Announce That I Will Be Exhibiting My Works To The Public Again
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#77 We Upgraded Our Dog's Bed Area And Gave Him His Own Cozy Corner
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#78 My Daughter Drew A Picture Of Me When She Was 2 Years Old. 7 Years Later And It’s On Me Forever
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#79 I Don't Have Anyone To Celebrate With But I'm Officially An American Citizen
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#80 After 9 Years, I Am Me
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#81 I’m Finishing Up My Bachelor’s And My Little 9-Year-Old Brother Wrote Me This Note
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#82 If You’re In Hawaii, Support This Restaurant
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#83 I Turned A Bunch Of Wood Sticks Into A Meter Long Flying Dutchman Ship
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#84 Tony Being Tony
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#85 A Picture I Made For My Wife To Celebrate 10 Years Of Marriage
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#86 I Completed The LEGO Colosseum. One Of The Biggest LEGO Set I've Done
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#87 I Was Worried That My Girlfriend Wouldn't Like The Snakes I'm Looking After. Then She Sends Me This While I'm At Work
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#88 She Hugs Literally Every Dog She Sees
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#89 Happy Birthday To Chef's Son
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#90 This Is My Uncle David, Who Died 22 Years Ago, Holding His Daughter (My Cousin). Shortly After His Death, My Husband And I Adopted Her, And My Cousin Became My Daughter
We love her very much and join her in celebrating her biological father's life on this day. This is one of the few photographs she has with him, and she cherishes it. She keeps it on her desk year-round, but she has been carrying it with her from room to room today.
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#91 Bob Ross's Son Steve, Painting A Mountain At The Clinic
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#92 Doesn't Hurt To Ask
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#93 Egyptian Food Truck Driver In The Bay Area
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#94 Growing Back After Chemo
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#95 Nap Time. My 1-Month-Old Daughter Kept My Wife Up All Night. They Finally Napped Together Today And Fell Asleep In The Same Position
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#96 I Made A Decision That Will Define My Life. I Will Not Study Political Science. I Will Study Fine Arts In Italy. I Will Follow My Dreams, No Matter How Unreachable They May Seem
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#97 Approximately 665 Lbs Of Aluminum Cans Collected From A Music Festival
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#98 My Mom Threw Her Dog A Quinceanera
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#99 Packed ED. Mom Said No Soda. Ran Up To This Woman And Said "Gramma Hold Me". She’s Never Met Him Before But Gramma Is A Universal Language
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#100 Mailman Gifted My Grandma This, So She Wouldn’t Get Anymore Paper Cuts
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#101 Humans Helping Humans
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#102 That's Cute
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#103 A Photo That Definitely Makes Me Smile. My Dad Has Alzheimer's And Mum Is His Caregiver, 40+ Years Married
He finds it hard to communicate now but I managed to take this picture, a look that says 1000 words.
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#104 A Child Left This Note In A Hotel Room I Cleaned Today. Pretty Solid Advice
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#105 7 Years Clean And Sober
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#106 Just A Normal Act Of Kindness
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#107 Daily Status Meeting With My Team
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#108 My Brother Had Only Just Met Him For The First Time Moments Before This Picture Was Taken
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#109 Food Is Allowed In The Library At My College
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#110 Finally Got My Childhood Dream Guitar. Worked Hard For It And Now I’m The Happiest Man Alive
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#111 After Suffering From Depression For Years, I Finally Found The One Thing That Keeps Me Going: Bodybuilding
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#112 My Second Attempt At A Button Up Shirt, And First Successful Wearable Garment
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#113 I Went Over To My In-Laws And Found That My Father-In-Law Created An Excel Spreadsheet Of The Teams, Tracks, And Champions Of The Last 30 Years
He recently started watching F1 because he knows I’ve been a fan my whole life.
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#114 Trying To Recreate Grandma's Recipes
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#115 A&w Just Released A Lidless Compostable Coffee Cup In Toronto
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#116 My Flatmate Is In Quarantine, And I Bring Him Food. I Have Not Seen Him For 6 Days, But He Must Still Be Alive Because Afterwards, The Plates Are Always Empty
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#117 I Was Standing In The Kitchen Chatting With My Wife. In Walks, Our Little Girl, Looks At Me And Thinks It's A Good Idea To Stand There Exactly Like Dad. My Heart Was Melting
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#118 My Latest Glitchy Forest Painting
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#119 My Work Leaves Out Cold Water And Cups For The Food Delivery Guys
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#120 My Daughter Was Born On 2/22/2022 And I Couldn’t Be Happier
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#121 I Painted My Neighbor's Cat With Her Ashes
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#122 For Anyone Who Doubted If True Love Exists: A Guy Rooting Around In The Disgusting Brackish Water As He Searches For His Wife’s iPhone X Which Slipped Out Of Her Pocket
This happened beneath the Oakland ferry terminal.
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#123 Wife Knows I've Been Missing Golden Birthday Cake Oreos For 3 Years Since They've Been Discontinued. She Bought Golden And Birthday Cake Oreos And Switched The Creme
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#124 My Daughter Praises The Sunlight
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#125 I'm Officially A Degree Holder Of Bachelor Of Laws. University Of Lviv, Ukraine
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#126 My Local Library Being A Bro During A Heat Wave
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#127 Found This Little Frog In My Apartment. He Was Dehydrated So I Got A Small Teaspoon And He Got Perfectly. After A Few Fruit Flies And Soaking Time He Was Ok And I Set It Free
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#128 My Very First Book Launch
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#129 Local Mall Stopped Showing Ads On All Their Screens, Instead Showing Ukrainian Flag
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#130 I’m A Master
Completed my bachelor's and master’s in 19 months with two young kids. Got pregnant and had a third during this time. While working full-time as an RN during a pandemic. My maternity leave is over today and I head back to work tomorrow. For clarification - the school, western governors university, is a self-paced, competency-based school. If you know the material, you can essentially “test out” a class. Don’t get me wrong it wasn’t without effort - but focus, determination, and paying out of pocket by term, not credit, were big motivators. My BSN took 10 months, and MSN took nine.
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