I’m Grieving the Mother I Deserved While Loving the One I Was Given
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My mother is bipolar. Not as a punchline to a joke, but genuinely, medically diagnosed as bipolar. She has been…
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Continue ReadingCorinne and Bob Johnson spent their lives together—and this week, the rural Minnesota couple married 68 years proved they intend…
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Continue ReadingConfession time: I love Christmas and gift-giving and traditions, but I hate putting together items for my kids' stockings. I…
Continue Reading'Tis the season for beautiful lights, festive music, and ugly, ugly sweaters. I've always been a fan of the ugly…
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Continue ReadingMy baby girl is growing up, as evidenced by the fact that her first birthday is this week (if you…
Continue ReadingYou hear a lot about grief, but not all grief is associated with death. Today as I sit here wondering…
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