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They asked me today whether I would want to move to my godsister’s house. A house where my mother’s cries could not be heard.
I told them no. Good god no.
How could I leave my mother when she never left me? She never once faltered in her mothering. She never failed to show up. She never [...]
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I’m hiding out right now in my room. Well…the room I’m staying in. Its actually my godmother’s office with a bed placed oddly opposite her desk. Through the partly-open door I can hear the cries of children in the kitchen. My wonderful sweet godnieces.
They are the perfect kind of children. They are smart enough not [...]
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This story is amazing to me because the details have stuck with me for so many years. It has stuck with me because it makes up so much of who I am now.
When I was about 10, I had a “friend” who we will call Mika. He was a friend, now that I think of [...]
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Growing up an only child, my wonderful supportive parents always told me how special I was.
My father would tell me how unique I was. How much better I was than other people. How proud he was to have a son who was “drug free”. He told me how great I was because I “thought for [...]
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I feel like blech.
My mother has cancer, and she’s losing her mind before my eyes. She forgets things, and hallucinates events and voices. She is in so much pain. Her voice is hoarse because of the lung-cancer affecting her breathing. It makes me want to cry.
Tonight we talked about her will, the distribution of money [...]
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There are times when I just can’t write. Like now for instance.
At times like these, I just despair. I don’t have an explanation for the way I feel, just that I feel like blech.
Earlier tonight, my girlfriend asked if I had a headache.
“I wish I did” I said, “maybe then I’d accept my utter lack [...]
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When we are listening to a parent, friend, or relative bitching and complaining about the same person every day, are we really helping them?
It’s easy to believe we are being a fantastic friend, daughter, brother, etc. by listening to the same complaints over and over. But in reality, we may just be enabling them to [...]
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If it’s not one vice, it’s another.
I feel like a monk…who’s just been caught masturbating.
Last week, I caught myself literally sprinting from the bathroom to my computer. Checking my email for the thousandth time that morning.
“That’s it!” I told my girlfriend Chanterelle, “I’m not going to be an email addict anymore!”
A policy was set that [...]
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Alabama raises its dropout age. Will this help students get a better education? Or just cause more problems for everyone.
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President Barack Obama is redirecting federal funds from abstinence education to comprehensive sex-ed. Is this a good change? Or will it encourage more teenagers to have unprotected sex?
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