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    The Leap

    MARCH 3, 2013 5:04PM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: ibs, life, changes, career, dreams, risks, goals, france, work

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 894 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    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
    • 3270 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    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
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1674 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    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
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1117 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Mom I Use To Fight With

    JUNE 18, 2012 9:28AM

    By Mom My Hero


    Topics: baby boomer, elder care, caregiver, memory loss, mental illness, daughter, mother, husband, grandson, son, relationships, life, love, memory loss, dementia, alzheimer's disease, family, health, mother, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 43 Ratings
    • 1138 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Trying to Force Normal

    MAY 30, 2012 4:22PM

    By Lunchlady 2


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

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 3984 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    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

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 1407 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    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
    • 1405 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Grace

    MARCH 8, 2012 8:21AM

    By LuminousMuse


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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 750 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    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
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2011 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Working to live

    FEBRUARY 16, 2012 3:21PM

    By Reflecting On History


    Topics: unemployment myths debunked, family, business, economy, employment, balance, life, work, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 1643 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    The Origin of Life

    FEBRUARY 23, 2012 6:38AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: poetry, creationism, evangelos odysseas papathanassiou, mythodia, vangelis, slime, ooze, dna, amino acids, algae, belief/religion, comedy, design, environment, family, photography, travel, science, turkey, swamp, life, flowers, oceans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 2884 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    JANUARY 26, 2012 2:59PM

    By Nikki Stern


    Topics: satire, humor, bmw, automobiles, life, culture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2494 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    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
    • 24 Ratings
    • 1788 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    I Dream of Dreaming

    JANUARY 16, 2012 9:14AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: photographs, photos, blogs, blogging, blog, culture, lifestyle, life, nightmares, dreams, humor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 4363 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Becoming a Human Rights Warrior

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 8:30AM

    By Jennifer Prestholdt


    Topics: career, human rights, life, parenting, family, the new years resolution i kept, open+call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1524 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Traditions in Transition

    NOVEMBER 28, 2011 10:01AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: family, short stories, congestive heart failure, barbara streisand, harry connick jr., tradition, culture, susie lindau, lifestyle, blogging blogs, blog, humor, life, holidays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 3667 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Anniversary of My Mental Breakdown and Loss of a Friend

    NOVEMBER 3, 2011 2:26PM

    By Colony of Losers


    Topics: jason lionel walsh, life, love, suicide, torment, depression, mental breakdown, colony of losers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 1889 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    Until He Rides Again!

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 8:33AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: comedy, halloween, the legend of sleep hollow, relationships, family, life, washington irving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 59 Ratings
    • 2268 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    The Name Escapes Me

    OCTOBER 2, 2011 4:16PM

    By Nikki Stern


    Topics: life, anti-bullying, grade school, mean girls, bully boys, interview with my bully, open call

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