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heart is a storybook, a star burned out
Sometimes, love dies from abuse. Sometimes, love dies from neglect. Sometimes, love dies from absence.And sometimes...love doesn't die at all, and we
Tag : Loss
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My Dearest Fetus: Enduring Unimaginable Loss
Maryam (an alias) writes about her painful physical, emotional, and spiritual experience with the loss of her dearest fetus, and offers some valuable
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what is left now that it's over?
I think we're past fire at this point...I like to think, whether this is self-delusion or not, that I'm at least adequate at working out issues
Laying a Child to Rest
The experience of a child’s funeral can be extremely difficult for any mourner. When a child dies at any age, for any reason, it’s a tragedy;
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Ghost Stories I Have Told My Son
“Tell me our family’s secrets,” my son said to me one night when I was putting him to sleep. I lay in his bed beside him with my eyes closed
When It’s Been a Lot for What Feels a Long Time
It’s funny the things that can immediately bring tears to your eyes. On an ordinary Tuesday afternoon, I opened my inbox and gasped. Inside, an
Family resemblances revisited
I'm taking one of those rare things: an sick day where I am not trying to do a bunch of stuff other than be sick. I'm fine, and only moderately
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Help your insurance agent help you
Your agent is best positioned to advise you when they have all the facts. Your local independent insurance agent is prepared to create a
It Felt Like My Faith Was Part of the Problem
I had gotten my two kids and myself dressed for church and finished filling two huge cookie jars for the church coffee hour. Other than the presence
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Tuesday's on the phone to me
the sky is a neighborhoodso keep it down...I'm here again. Why am I here again? Why is there never enough air when I'm here?heart is a storybooka
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Mothering Without A Mother
My dad has kept so much of my mother’s paraphernalia, it threatens to burst out of boxes and closets, re-opening the door to a sadness for all of
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California Duo Brijean Reach for “Technicolor Backdrops” on New Ghostly EP
Brijean the collaboration of singer Brijean Murphy and multi-instrumentalist Doug Stuart, will release Angelo, a new EP on Ghostly International.
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the very thing you're best at is the thing that hurts the most
Heartbreak. That's what this tastes like.Stepping back from allegory for a moment. I went to high school in a very small, and very rural, area. As an
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The Enduring Pain of Losing Someone You Love to Suicide
“The reality is that you will grieve forever.” ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler March is always hard for me. Has been since March 21,
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Is the pandemic over? (spoiler: not even close)
Is the pandemic over? (spoiler: not even close) In the US, the number of people who have died from COVID-19 is about to officially surpass 1 million.