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    The Day I Was Born, Dad Flew, Flipped Out, and Fell to Earth

    JUNE 15, 2012 7:48AM

    By John Cork Corcoran


    Topics: father, father's day, aviation, wwii, near death, pilot, brooklyn, survival, family

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    • 37 Ratings
    • 4881 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    You say recession I say depression

    JANUARY 25, 2012 8:47AM

    By asia rein


    Topics: unemployment myths debunked, reinventing, survival, life make overs, kiss my ass fuckers, moving, living with your momma, single parenting, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 13778 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Fishing

    JANUARY 4, 2012 12:36PM

    By beauty1947


    Topics: open+call, family, child abuse, repressed memories, survival, triumph

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 4310 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Being A Motherless Mother

    AUGUST 31, 2011 4:02PM

    By Christina Simon


    Topics: family, mother loss, hope edelman, grief, survival

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    • 19 Ratings
    • 2227 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    I Will if You Will

    APRIL 1, 2011 2:49AM

    By Jean Ellen Whatley


    Topics: family, overcoming adversity, teenagers, drug abuse, sex abuse, divorce, survival, gabrielle giffords, tiger mother, motherhood, parenting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1330 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Edge

    MARCH 22, 2011 5:43PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: aging, alzheimer's, personal tests, survival, movies

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    • 71 Ratings
    • 2594 Views
    • 84 Comments
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    Tiptoeing Into the Waters of Widowhood

    DECEMBER 29, 2010 11:50AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: symmetry, word painting, survival, blood on snow, winter woods, death, grief, widowhood

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    • 47 Ratings
    • 2447 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    We're Not the Waltons

    JULY 22, 2010 1:01AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: open call, non-traditional families, stay-at-home dad, dysfunction, survival, goodnight john-boy, robert redford, will geer doing mark twain and shakespeare, will geer, the waltons, sundance, sundance summer theater, family, real families

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 3460 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Mixed Emotions

    JULY 1, 2010 12:06PM

    By Donna Carbone


    Topics: rebirth, survival, rape, love, support, emotions, daughters, mothers

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 5562 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Elizabeth Smart Tells Ordeal of Abduction in Utah Courtroom

    OCTOBER 1, 2009 4:48PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: victim empowerment, survival, abduction, paris, missionaries, lds paris mission, byu, mormon, lds, elizabeth smart, kidnapping, brian david mitchell, salt lake city, utah, utah courts, smart kidnapping, wanda barzee

    • Editor's Pick
    • 60 Ratings
    • 3711 Views
    • 71 Comments
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    "This Is Not The End Of Your Life"

    MAY 7, 2009 1:19AM

    By Sally Swift


    Topics: share the news, share the love, we need good karma bad, open call, true story, survival, hope, vhl, melanoma, cancer, love, family, health

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