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God, please grant Mark Ruffalo and Pedro Pascal the wisdom to jump on a plane and come and pat emilys hand and all the other things that she has thought of in her meditations. And the serenity for them to enjoy listening to facts about Eurovision in her place. Amen.

Good luck x

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😂😂 thank you!

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There are so few writers who can simultaneously make me laugh and cry in the way you do ♥️

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Thank you ❤️❤️

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Of course it is political! What isn't? Just having a health system available that doesn't cost thousands is highly political. Having a neurodivergent kid in a world that doesn't understand them (I have one too) creates all kinds of questions about society, education, human worth and on and on. Political.

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💯💯

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I love my son, AND I'm so sick of being treated like a servant. And called bro.

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❤️❤️❤️

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Grant CreativeNz the wisdom to know that funding Emily Writes must be prioritised. She’s a national treasure.

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Oh you’re lovely Anne ❤️

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My god. I’m so sorry. AND I love that you have somehow been able to pull these words out and press them to the page as a prayer for others. Kia Kaha kōrua. Be well soon. I wish I had more to offer but you’ve even done that for me. It was miraculous to see you yesterday xxx

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❤️❤️❤️❤️ so lovely to see you kare xx

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Thank you ❤️ on day 10 of my kid being sick with scarlet fever and she just develops more symptoms instead of getting better. I keep reminding myself, I’m so lucky I can take time off, and also, this does just suck.

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Oh that sucks. I remember when we had a scarlet fever outbreak at school and being like “scarlet fever is still a thing????”

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Yeah, I read vintage children's books and I googled to see if it's really a thing, or if it's like consumption, which was TB but probably other things as well, like leukemia other cancers and anything that made you waste away and die, and I found out it's strep throat and mostly antibiotics stop it getting to the scarlet fever end of things. Also, Beth from Little Women obviously got the complication of Scarlet Fever, which is Rheumatic fever, which destroyed her heart valves, which is why Joey from Friends had to put the book in the freezer. Then, the very next week, one of my friend's son got scarlet fever and my mind was blown.

I'm sorry you're having such a shitty time, Emily

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Sending you love. Having a sick kid is the worst.

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Sending aroha, our 7yo had this earlier in the year, it's rough on everyone x

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I never appreciate my kids more than after they’ve been sick, they can be tiny gremlins as long as they aren’t sneezing into my eyeballs! God grant all the parents out there 5mins each morning to inhale hot coffee to keep you going, this winter has been relentless x

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Yes yes yes. So relentless!

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Thank you for taking the time to write this. I never had anything as extreme as that but the small child who spews and then becomes a limpet and spends the night in your bed “just in case” and then you wake up every time they swallow loudly. Thank you for your brave openness on politics - everything is political, everything. We either know and make informed choices or we choose to live in unknowingness and denial. Thank you for you wonderful sense of humour and the wild and wonderful things you share with us - they make FNC the highlight of my week. A small thing I can do is to pay for an additional subscription so that someone who wants to read you can do it without. Is there a “comp someone a subscription” option ( or a “share the love and hope” button). Love as always

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Solidarity right here…family life is madness and waiting rooms are soul destroying.

So much of this resonates right down to the “my body my choice” curly hair that all three of my kids have dreadlocks forming in. Do they want dreads? No. Do they want to brush it daily? Also no. Will they learn a lesson about choices and consequences… probably not. Whose fault is everything? Probably mine 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Omg yes! I can’t see his face because his fringe his chin length now 😆😆

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This is beautiful and funny and sad 💝

Thank you for putting things into perspective for me!

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Prescribing you well-masked, gentle hugs as required (followed by sanitiser!).

Pillow farting?!? Boys!! Arg!!!

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I think it goes (best to worst) (for me not them)

1. Snot

2. The shits

3. Pink eye

4. The spews

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Amene!! ❤️‍🩹💝🌺

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♥️♥️♥️

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Everything is "political", and thankyou for making a childless woman momentarily grateful they did not have to navigate this hell, which I don't know if I would have coped with as well, or at all really 🤷🏾‍♀️ Kia kaha, & hope things get better.

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Love your writing ♥️ Thanks for sharing as much as you do. I'm so glad my boy child still loves me and likes to tell me stuff (disclaimer I also have two teenage girls) but Mr Fucking Beast is slowly but surely destroying my soul!

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