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    Need more Yin for my Yang

    APRIL 22, 2012 2:05PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: open call, work, play, creativity, income, economy, business, freedom, relaxation, family life, life work balance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 3462 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    For Baby Brothers and the Big Sisters Who Own Them

    JANUARY 4, 2012 2:20PM

    By Jersey Girl at Heart


    Topics: counting our blessings, family life, sisters, brothers

    • 4 Ratings
    • 610 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Saying Goodbye to a Good Dog

    DECEMBER 28, 2011 3:24PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: dogs, pets, family, cairn terrier, cushing's disease, weddings, euthanasia, animal shelters, parenting, family life, blended families, second marriages, grief, loss, medication

    • 7 Ratings
    • 706 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Homosexuals As Lepers--Gay Men & Blood Donation

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 8:47AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: crackpot non-science, science, family life, gay men, blood donations, public policy, usa, canada, japan, new zealand, south africa, sweden

    • 4 Ratings
    • 348 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Summer has Ended

    AUGUST 24, 2011 1:48PM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: family life, dairy queen, pool, beginning of school, family, childhood, summers end, parents, children, summer, kids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 966 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The Secret Life of Leftovers

    AUGUST 23, 2011 12:25AM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: food, family life, fun, foodie tuesday, photography, a summer festivus wrap-up, leftovers, umami, frittata

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 5603 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Getting Punched in my Stupid Fat Face

    AUGUST 13, 2011 4:31PM

    By Joseph Carr


    Topics: high school, lake erie, oh, ashtabula, growing up, family life, fighting, personal essay, nonfiction, memoir, comedy, open call, mortifying disclosures

    • 1 Ratings
    • 373 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    My Garden is Nicer Than Yours.

    JUNE 27, 2011 10:41AM

    By Leslie Srajek


    Topics: family life, self esteem, gardening, humor

    • 16 Ratings
    • 741 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Remembering Dad in His Day: the Dude Abides

    JUNE 15, 2011 12:05AM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: my father as a person, open+call, stories my father never told, the dude abides, family life, father's day

    • 11 Ratings
    • 5344 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Smitten: Chocolate Babka

    MAY 30, 2011 8:54PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: chocolate babka, callebaut, chocoholic, eastern european pastry, jewish bakery, new york-style bakeries, family life, recipes to the excess, chocolate pound cake (best ever), mandelbrot, joan nathan bubby irma's babka, jerry seinfeld, the dinner party, oprah, smitten kitchen, the pioneer woman, open call, foodie tuesday

    • 1 Ratings
    • 108 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    serves 'em right

    MAY 27, 2011 3:56PM

    By lilywaters


    Topics: family life, naughtiness, murder, fiction

    • 5 Ratings
    • 703 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    That's My Boy

    MAY 27, 2011 8:50AM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: mobility, pak n play, snap n go, bob strollers, new fatherhood, family life

    • 8 Ratings
    • 898 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Burning the Toast: When Words Fail

    MAY 23, 2011 9:51PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: open+call, food/drink, weddings, rehearsal dinner, toasts, mortifying disclosures, jewish challah, family life, fear of public speaking, glossophobia, amygdala, fight-or-flight, heimlich maneuver, jerry seinfeld

    • 2 Ratings
    • 369 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Job#2, and College Try #3 - the Journey Continues

    MAY 21, 2011 8:57PM

    By AspergerMom


    Topics: aspergers, family life, open salon, family isues, sibling issues, health

    • 12 Ratings
    • 827 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Talkin' About My Girls

    MAY 8, 2011 11:33PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: daughters-in-law, family life, newlyweds, weddings, babies, birthdays, april showers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1739 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Missing Mother's Day: Words for Clare

    MAY 6, 2011 12:14AM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: mothers and daughters, family life, family, alzheimers, mother's day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1957 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    My Superstitious, Sentimental, Priceless Love Beads

    APRIL 8, 2011 9:58AM

    By Sally Swift


    Topics: i adore my son, true story, travel, family life, i love you, open call, spring cleaning

    • 15 Ratings
    • 953 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    What's so special?

    MARCH 25, 2011 10:12PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: hot video, down syndrome, scrabble, chess, family life, figure skating, bar/bat mitvah, twins, chicago, special gifts theatre, special olympics, exceptional families, special gifts

    • 29 Ratings
    • 496 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    The Second Letter Home From Boot Camp

    MARCH 20, 2011 2:05PM

    By Lunchlady 2


    Topics: love, family life, growing up, letting go, doing right

    • 28 Ratings
    • 527 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    The Memory

    MARCH 17, 2011 9:08AM

    By Lunchlady 2


    Topics: family life, memories sometime creep up and bite you in the ass

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