Open Salon

  • Home
  • Blogs
  • Topics
  • Help
  • Sign in
 
  • Editor's Pick
  • Top Rated
  • Most Viewed
  • Most Commented
  • Most Recent
  • animals
  • belief/religion
  • books
  • business
  • comedy
  • design
  • economy
  • environment
  • family
  • fashion
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • food/drink
  • for sale
  • gay/lesbian
  • gossip
  • health
  • movies
  • music
  • news
  • open call
  • photography
  • poetry
  • politics
  • science
  • sports
  • technology
  • television
  • travel
  • video
Posted by
    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1853 Views
    • 26 Comments
    User picture.

    Meeting the Girlfriend

    JANUARY 24, 2013 12:23PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: loss, death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 4426 Views
    • 38 Comments
    User picture.

    Dear Husband

    OCTOBER 27, 2012 8:30PM

    By Lunchlady 2


    Topics: memories, love, death, abuse, sadness, weirdness, unknown

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 898 Views
    • 8 Comments
    User picture.

    Our Lives Are Lived In Moments.

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 4:54PM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: gay/lesbian, belief/religion, forgiveness, family, friends, high school, lesbian, moments, death, life

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 3292 Views
    • 46 Comments
    User picture.

    Are all lives equal?

    AUGUST 10, 2012 11:47AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: animals, belief/religion, ethics, blaise pascal, blaise pascal invented the calculator yet this is what amazes me most about him, cats, life, death, death penalty, occult, witchcraft, history

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1230 Views
    • 8 Comments
    User picture.

    Breaking Up is Hard to Do

    JULY 27, 2012 3:38PM

    By Christine Schoenwald


    Topics: old people, cemetery, graves, burial, death, letters, parents, mothers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1678 Views
    • 13 Comments
    User picture.

    It Wasn't About the Crème Puffs

    JULY 4, 2012 8:33PM

    By Seabreeze


    Topics: family, life, mom, procrastinate, fifty, hate, love, birth, death, mother, creme puffs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 43 Ratings
    • 1138 Views
    • 50 Comments
    User picture.

    Trying to Force Normal

    MAY 30, 2012 4:22PM

    By Lunchlady 2


    Topics: life, death, normal, abnormal, love, faking it, tired, sad, searching

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 629 Views
    • 3 Comments
    User picture.

    Attempts at alleviation

    APRIL 30, 2012 4:20PM

    By Neha Kamdar


    Topics: family, grief, death, india, chicago, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 4008 Views
    • 43 Comments
    User picture.

    Talking To My Kids About Death

    APRIL 19, 2012 2:56PM

    By Jennifer Prestholdt


    Topics: parenting, family, refugees, death, life, talking to children about death, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 52 Ratings
    • 1977 Views
    • 49 Comments
    User picture.

    Nothing Gold Can Stay

    APRIL 16, 2012 11:42AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: a tribute to a sweet girl, dogs, pets, animals, grief, loss, robert frost, karma, death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1064 Views
    • 8 Comments
    User picture.

    Tarantulas in Heaven

    MARCH 25, 2012 8:05PM

    By james poyner


    Topics: family, heroines, memories, death, mom, motherhood

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1416 Views
    • 8 Comments
    User picture.

    A DRIVING ISSUE

    MARCH 8, 2012 6:18PM

    By Shawn O'Shea


    Topics: disabilities, dating, love, sex, writing, recovery, relapse, booze, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, aids, hiv, choices, drinks, nightlife, bars, crystal, meth, crystal meth, drunk, 12-steps, recovery, crystal meth, crystal methamphetamine, meth, drugs, alcohol, booze, addiction, fear, panhandlers, homeless, hate, kindness, chocolate, project open hand, hiv, aids, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, family, belief/religion, military, navy, discharge, don't ask don't tell, school, college, gi bill, crimes, belief/religion, family, food/drink, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, project open hand, chocolate, kindness, hate, homeless, panhandlers, fear, addiction, booze, alcohol, drugs, meth, crystal methamphetamine, crystal meth, recovery, 12-steps, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, recovery, drugs, alcohol, booze, life, new start, begining, san francisco, arvs, philadelphia, mom, mother, loss, family, death, support, recovery, relapse, self-will, procrastination, 911, help, anger, driving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 1408 Views
    • 41 Comments
    User picture.

    Grace

    MARCH 8, 2012 8:21AM

    By LuminousMuse


    Topics: sorrow, joy, death, life, point reyes, grace

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 752 Views
    • 7 Comments
    User picture.

    You Almost Died. Shouldn't You Be Crying?

    FEBRUARY 29, 2012 1:35PM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: youth, life, kids, death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3746 Views
    • 18 Comments
    User picture.

    Gary Carter Succumbs to Cancer: The "Kid's" Ironic Death

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 8:56AM

    By Andy Wolfenson


    Topics: baseball, sports, news, death, cancer, darryl strawberry, dwight gooden, keith hernandez, lenny dykstra, mets, expos, gary carter

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 1934 Views
    • 44 Comments
    User picture.

    Grace

    FEBRUARY 11, 2012 8:01PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: dementia, death, illness, aging, grief, optimism, hope, grace, love, family, vascular dementia, frog in soup

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2497 Views
    • 18 Comments
    User picture.

    The Almost Child

    JANUARY 24, 2012 2:22PM

    By Lesley Clark Ferree


    Topics: cancer, death, dying, doctors, kids, love, life, happiness, sadness, children, female, ovaries, cyst, illness, sickness, childbirth, friendship

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1728 Views
    • 29 Comments
    User picture.

    Lies and omissions - Santa Claus Open Call

    DECEMBER 16, 2011 5:35PM

    By LeslieCA


    Topics: santa claus, easter bunny, sex, parenting, death, fairy tales, open+call, the truth about santa

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 882 Views
    • 11 Comments
    User picture.

    Happy Dreams, I Love You, God Bless You

    NOVEMBER 6, 2011 10:00AM

    By Charleen Earley


    Topics: alzheimer, death, sadness, love, memories, family, open+call, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 555 Views
    • 6 Comments
    User picture.

    Free

    NOVEMBER 2, 2011 7:54PM

    By nervousrek


    Topics: death, family, cremation, depression, humor, comedy

    • 1 2 3 4 5 Next → Last ⇒
  • Open Salon
  • About
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Advertising

Salon.com

© 2013 Salon Media Group, Inc.