By Dawn Wallis When Estrangement Clouds Christmas Cheer: 5 Ways to Cope
After over two decades of fighting for my marriage, it ended in divorce two weeks before Christmas. At the time,…
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By Stephanie Lee My Mom Disappeared, and It’s the Not Knowing that Haunts Me
I was a teenager when my mom disappeared. One day she was there—and then she wasn’t. No warning. No goodbye.…
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Christmas is a Season, Not a Day
Christmas is perhaps the most nostalgic time of the year. Few things are more picturesque than an adorned tree surrounded…
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By Lindsey Jordan To My Aging Dad, Whose Memory Is Failing
Dad, you just turned 70, a milestone I never expected to see. You had your first heart attack in your…
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Shift Your Mindset to Grace, Not Grumbling
Sitting in the dermatologist's waiting room for my annual skin cancer screening, it doesn't take long to realize it's going…
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By Carole Hawkins Here’s to the Mismatched Christmas Trees
At first glance, this decorated Christmas Tree is a type A person’s nightmare. Its ornaments are mismatched, and the branches…
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Finding Gratitude
For 30 years, Thanksgiving was a wound I didn’t know how to stop reopening. It wasn’t the turkey or the…
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The Gift of Helen’s Dishes
It is the time of year when we focus on blessings, gratitude, and gifts—both giving and receiving. I was the…
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By Shara Ally Surviving Is Not the Same As Living
For years, I mistook endurance for strength. I wore survival like a crown, holding myself upright through heartbreaks, disappointments, and betrayals.…
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When Someone You Love Walks Away, It Hurts
There’s a kind of loss rarely talked about. It doesn’t come with a funeral service or casseroles from friends. There’s…
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By Mary McConville Midlife Is Remaking Me as a Woman and a Mother
It started like any ordinary weeknight dinner. Except this night, my teenage son sat at the table, head in his…
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In Praise of Indebtedness: How Threads of Reciprocity Weave Us Together
It all started with tomatoes. After we moved, a neighbor invited us to pick from the abundance in her and…
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