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A Little Lighter
On grief, chance encounters, and walking through the neighborhood
 • Julie Main
After the Quake: From Paperbacks to Aftershocks
The March 11 Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Disaster as seen from a Tokyo classroom
 • Aaron Paulson
“O Photos, Photos! Wherefore art thou, Photos?”
Ophelia’s plea for Romeo - trying to find out who he really is in his birthright - is similar to my plea about my photography.
 • Roger P. Watts, PhD
What Should We Name This War?
I've lived with war and the threat of war all my life.
 • Kay Castaneda
TWO COINS AND JAM
We don’t lose the women who made us; we learn new ways to keep them.
 • Gaby King
My Favorite Color is Rainbow
How Pride Became Personal
 • Leslie Senevey
Only for a season
The weather has turned
 • Tammy Baker
What I Wish My Husband Understood About PTSD
It has nothing to do with mind over matter
 • Glenna Gill
I Became ‘That’ Girl at a Friend’s Party
The regret at what I’d done haunted me for years
 • Marcia Abboud
A Christmas of Recovery and Remembrance
Surviving grief and death during our favorite holiday
 • Shannon Wölfl
Merry Christmas From The Black Sheep Of The Family
I'm fine, not that you asked
 • Glenna Gill
The Melancholy: My Love-Hate Relationship With Christmas
I hate Christmas. I love it. No — I hate it.
 • KiKi Walter
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