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June 13, 2018
Just This I Cannot Share
Today’s guest post is from Meagan Schultz, who writes about the times when pain cannot be shared, even during the closest friendship. By Meagan Schultz I never would have thought there were things I would not share with my best friend. I would have called bullshit if you’d tried to tell me that in […]
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June 7, 2018
Learning a New Script
Parenting a special needs child can be challenging, with its own joys and triumphs. It can also be lonely. Unfortunately, parents of special needs children often find that their own friends, colleagues, and acquaintances can lack empathy or basic kindness in all sorts of situations. In this guest post, Alexis Calabrese writes about how she […]
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May 23, 2018
Conscious Unhovering
By Lizbeth Meredith “Don’t ever do this again, Mom,” came the angry text from my youngest daughter. “It’s so inappropriate. . . I don’t need your help.” Home for a college break, she was texting from her post at a coffee shop, waiting for the blind date I’d set her up with. And […]
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When You Regret That You Hired a Friend
Nina is back with a dilemma about whether to hire a close friend and what to do if you’ve already hired a friend and the situation isn’t working well. Can the friendship be saved? Would you hire your close friend as a realtor, lawyer, financial planner, and so on? Nina is always accepting anonymous questions here. Dear […]
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May 9, 2018
Something That’s Mine
By Heather Jones “Why do you need a laptop?” asked my husband. “Because I write a lot,” I answered. It was true. I do write a lot, and the days of quills and carrier pigeons are over. I do need a device with which to write and email. “Yes, but what’s wrong with the tablet […]
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May 2, 2018
My Parents Raised Me To Be Fearless. Then Why Am I So Scared?
Many in our generation have found that our own Gen X parenting feels and looks a lot different than what they remember from their own childhoods. In today’s essay, Gina Rich reflects on her own struggles with balancing fear and freedom in her parenting. Growing up, I was lucky enough to have a girl my age […]
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April 30, 2018
How To Get Published Online
If you want to get published online, your work isn’t done when you finish the piece. (For more on the qualities of good writing that will impress an editor, read this.) I’ve read hundreds of submissions — for our anthologies and for our website — and my best advice is to treat the submission process […]
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April 25, 2018
I Stopped Believing In Fairy Tales When Natalie Wood Died
By Kristina Wright I was a fourteen-year-old high school freshman when Natalie Wood drowned under mysterious circumstances. High school was a different world than middle school had been, a world where I discovered how to flirt and date and daydreamed about the prince who would be my boyfriend. My mother shared her love of Natalie […]
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April 18, 2018
Midlife and the Death of the Start
Not all women experience a midlife crisis in their forties, or at least not in the same way. Midlife can also be a time of new starts and new beginnings. Elura Nanos shares how she has come to look at midlife in a new way. By Elura Nanos For a little while now, I’ve […]
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April 11, 2018
When Dual Unemployment Tests a Marriage
Unemployment is stressful for a family, and for a marriage. When a spouse is unemployed, conflict and resentment can easily find its way into even the strongest marriage. What happens when both spouses are unemployed? Liz Alterman tells the story of the impact of unemployment on her marriage. I’ll probably never be able […]
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