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Funning With Scissors
And Other Ways My Kids Tried to Die
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Leslie Senevey
7
My Dog Died Then She Came to Me in A Dream
She gave me the closure I didn’t know I needed
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Marcia Abboud
13
A Communion
Rub al Khali - The Empty Quarter
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Marcello Mongardi
I Did Everything Backward and It Still Worked Out
Real-life advice for young people
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Dani Ramos
5
Someone’s Little Kind Act Stays Forever In My Heart
There are knights in our modern era
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Chingmay Anaïs Jo
7
Next Spring
He built campers, boats, and boys—and believed there was always Next Spring.
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Eric Glover – Real Chat Rat
13
Meat Has Always Been Dead to Me
My Heart Belongs to Broccoli
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Leslie Senevey
14
A Father to a Son
On July 16th, 2009, I became a father to a son.
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Marcello Mongardi
9
Born Again Funeral Junkie
A response to growing up atheist
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Elizabeth Lancaster
3
The Light That Never Goes Out
The story of a girl who raised herself
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Glenna Gill
12
Life as a Fairy Tale German Princess
Living every little girl's dream
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Shannon Whistler
3
Gang Raped at Fourteen— I Wanted Revenge
But it was my brother’s response that broke me
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Marcia Abboud
72
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