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    • 19 Ratings
    • 379 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Darkest Before the Dawn

    APRIL 3, 2012 12:01PM

    By Maureen J Andrade


    Topics: healing, letting go, surrender, divorce

    • 7 Ratings
    • 260 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Giving Up Hope For Lent

    FEBRUARY 21, 2012 2:40PM

    By quattospeaks


    Topics: come on in, drinking gin, letting go, giving in, giving up

    • 5 Ratings
    • 461 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    My Life's Lesson

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 4:45PM

    By denese


    Topics: family, mothering, letting go

    • 0 Ratings
    • 73 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Things of My Father's

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 6:12PM

    By 180-4-365


    Topics: letting go, memories, childhood homes, saying good-bye

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1173 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The College Letter

    JANUARY 12, 2012 9:11AM

    By jlsathre


    Topics: small towns, parents and children, college, letting go, memoir

    • 0 Ratings
    • 434 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    A Vow In Silence

    JANUARY 1, 2012 7:31AM

    By marylee fairbanks


    Topics: belief/religion, yoga, spirituality, letting go, future, sankalpa, new year's resolution

    • 0 Ratings
    • 83 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Royal Irritant

    DECEMBER 23, 2011 7:51PM

    By 180-4-365


    Topics: letting go, observing, coping, irritation, teen boys

    • 14 Ratings
    • 662 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Cutting the Umbilical Cord

    NOVEMBER 30, 2011 12:02PM

    By I Love Life


    Topics: family, separation, children, psychology, letting go

    • 15 Ratings
    • 1072 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Letter to an Extraordinary Young Man

    OCTOBER 26, 2011 10:19PM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: family, love, life, art, tiny things, wings, ideas, belief, discovery, family, design, environment, health, listening, looking, seeing, letting go

    • 1 Ratings
    • 515 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Whose Dog Life Is It Anyway?

    OCTOBER 1, 2011 5:50PM

    By Marion Stein


    Topics: letting go, dogs, lifestyle, euthanasia, pets

    • 4 Ratings
    • 269 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The Beginning

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 1:09PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: understanding, wisdom, letting go, foolish, bravery, courage, blocking, repression, forgiveness, forgive, forget, mastery, conquering, love, fear, hurt, pain, loss, heartache

    • 30 Ratings
    • 1070 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    I Hate Saying Good-bye

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 10:38AM

    By I Love Life


    Topics: letting go, nonfiction, emotions, neurosis, sentimentality

    • 0 Ratings
    • 240 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Goodbye, Goodfellas (Quitting Your Business)

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 10:14AM

    By Carolyn Acree Jones


    Topics: letting go, grief, restaurant, life after quitting, open call

    • 18 Ratings
    • 963 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Where I Am in the World

    AUGUST 27, 2011 1:36PM

    By caroline marie


    Topics: new job, new class, new grade, new (used) car, new season, new adjustments, letting go

    • 29 Ratings
    • 762 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Love

    AUGUST 21, 2011 2:26PM

    By Lunchlady 2


    Topics: joy, sadness, need, living, life, acceptance, letting go, love

    • 37 Ratings
    • 996 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    The Hug

    JULY 12, 2011 2:56PM

    By Lunchlady 2


    Topics: life, love, hugging, learning, family, sons, moms, letting go, growing up, growing

    • 1 Ratings
    • 195 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Roots and Wings

    JUNE 26, 2011 3:01PM

    By bnzoot


    Topics: family, graduation, children, divorce, letting go, gifted student

    • 5 Ratings
    • 290 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    On Becoming a Freshman

    JUNE 20, 2011 5:19PM

    By Jayne Guertin


    Topics: anxiety, where does time go?, family, poetry, growing up, letting go

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 1202 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Kathryn's Second Angel

    JUNE 21, 2011 9:03AM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: letting go, seeing, looking, listening, health, environment, design, family, discovery, video, belief, ideas, wings, tiny things, art

    • 0 Ratings
    • 489 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    College Rejections Have Arrived -- What Next?

    APRIL 23, 2011 12:00PM

    By Diane Barth


    Topics: open+call, open call, family, graduation, college admissions, letting go, taking it personally, moving forward, hurt feelings, college rejection

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