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Parenting After Loss
by Guest Writer January 22, 2016By Michelle Villalobos The sleep still in our eyes, the early morning sun shining through her golden hair as she twirls in front of me, her giggles dancing through the room. I sit…
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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…