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The Empty Next
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Topics: mothers, parents, children, missing, empty nest, yummy mashed potatoes
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Topics: revision of an older post, the four year anniversary of my father's death was last week, parents, family
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The Ticking Time Bomb
AUGUST 3, 2012 7:04PM
Topics: single, women, power of attorney, friends, nuclear family, chemo-brain, schizophrenia, mental illness, children, mothers, father, elderly parents, marriage, african american, spinster, adult children, power of attorney, parenthood, generation x, reproduce, marry, divorce, cancer, single, parents, childfree
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The Day I Uninvited My Father to Paris
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Topics: paris, sleepovers, barbie, parents, family, friendship, sangria, open+call
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Topics: old people, cemetery, graves, burial, death, letters, parents, mothers
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Sad and Dusky
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A memory of young adulthood--growing up late
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Topics: bob dylan, growing up, daughters, parents, food/drink, marijuana, academics, university, youth, education, books, life stories
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Why I Hate Bars
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Topics: childhood, parents, relationships, drunk, police, silent, forgotten, phone number, elementary, blizzard, christmas
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Growing Up Is Hard to Do
JANUARY 11, 2012 9:08AM
Topics: growing up, parents, ageing, health, family
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Arrested Development - Occupy Style
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Topics: occupy, politics, occupy wall street, arrest, shopping mall, open call, oakland, north carolina, raleigh, sociology, parents, children
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The Things I Didn't Keep of Mom and Dad's
NOVEMBER 30, 2011 9:42AM
Topics: parents, books, growing old, endings, goodbyes, family, memories, home, inscriptions
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Little Boy Lost -- And Murdered
JULY 15, 2011 8:29AM
Topics: news, family, strangers, trust, predators, murder, crime, parents, kids
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The letter I can't bear to throw away (please critique)
MARCH 25, 2011 2:58AM
Topics: irony, closure, human flaws, sorrow, love, parents, letters, spring cleaning
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Moving Day
MARCH 24, 2011 7:45AM
Topics: true story, parents, retirement, moving, christmas
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Who Cares For The Caregiver?
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Topics: health, family, aging parents, old parents, parents, sandwich generation, nursing home, old age, caregivers, caregving
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Kayak: One Word, One Life
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Topics: death, life, grief, parents, parenting, marriage, afterlife, navy, adventure, travel, joy, meaning, work, birthdays, mourning, philosophy of life
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Speaking Adult
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 12:57PM
Topics: teaching, parents, figurative, literal, adults, language, comedy, family
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The First Rule of Teaching: Do No Harm
OCTOBER 21, 2010 12:46PM
Topics: teachers, education, evaluating teacher performance, teacher tests, teacher training, educational system, students, parents, roald dahl, matilda, miss trunchbull
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Little Frail Porcelain Kid
AUGUST 31, 2010 6:31PM
Topics: video, travel, television, technology, photography, poetry, news, movies, health, gay/lesbian, family, comedy, books, belief/religion, shame, stories, parents, love, life, kid, porcelain
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Avoiding cow carcasses to pour adults beer
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Topics: food/drink, comedy, family, beef fondue, it was the seventies, parents, grandparents, hee-haw, beer, sides of beef, conflicted carnivores, open call
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