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It’s Okay To Mention Him
by Lexi Behrndt January 21, 2016She never met him. We only became friends several months ago, nearly a year after his death. I told her stories. I said his name. I mentioned him from time to…
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My Child’s Terminal Illness Was a Gift
by Guest Writer January 19, 2016By Victoria Strong When my husband and I were told our giggling 5-month-old with perfect pudgy thigh rolls was going to die, we grieved for all she would never get to…
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Take My Hand
by Lexi Behrndt January 18, 2016“I don’t care where you’ve been or what you’ve faced. I see you. I see your broken heart. I see my own, and I’ve seen the light. Take my hand. Let…
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On Clinging Together
by Guest Writer January 15, 2016By Allison Gauvin He’s not seventeen anymore. The Jeep he drove sits in a junkyard in the hills of North Carolina and the surfboard that he once strapped to the top…
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Pull Them to the Light
by Lexi Behrndt January 11, 2016“This doesn’t mean that we act like the pain doesn’t exist. That’s called being numb. But in the light, like a flower opens in the sun’s warmth and nourishment, the light…
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Changing Tides
by Guest Writer January 8, 2016By Tracie Loux Do you remember being at the ocean as a child? Do you remember what if felt like to bravely go deeper and deeper, to jump the waves, to…
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They Don’t Understand, And Maybe That’s Okay
by Guest Writer January 8, 2016By Michelle Villalobos I’m scrolling mindlessly through my Facebook feed, not really taking anything in, until I see it. A status from a mom complaining about how their kid hardly slept at all last…