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    • 42 Ratings
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    Without the Schmaltz

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 10:12AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: valentine's day, compassion, love, family, friendship, homeless, looking past the consumerism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 70 Ratings
    • 2722 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Where Daughters Fear to Tread

    JANUARY 25, 2012 12:07PM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: fathers and daughters, pain, love, asking the hard questions

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1729 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Almost Child

    JANUARY 24, 2012 2:22PM

    By Lesley Clark


    Topics: cancer, death, dying, doctors, kids, love, life, happiness, sadness, children, female, ovaries, cyst, illness, sickness, childbirth, friendship

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 1369 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Synthetica

    JANUARY 5, 2012 8:02AM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: synthetic need, sculpture, watchers, watching, mannequins, pathos, projection, history, human surrogates, victim, environment, decay, visual poetry, uncertain rekoning, certitude, histories, ficional need, waiting, alone, sythetic sex, sex, love, empathic projection, design, fashion, silence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 8088 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    How first names influence our dating choices

    JANUARY 5, 2012 7:54AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: love, sex, dating, names, psychology, lifestyle

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 556 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Making A Holiday Meal In The South End

    DECEMBER 13, 2011 3:10AM

    By The Songbird


    Topics: food., love, hearth, place. home

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 1276 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Charades and Sweet Potatoes

    NOVEMBER 22, 2011 11:34AM

    By Marcelle Soviero


    Topics: love, thanksgiving, family, heartwarming holiday stories, open+call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 857 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Polebridge, Montana, 1999

    NOVEMBER 14, 2011 5:53PM

    By LKWalker


    Topics: polebridge montana, winter, shooting star, love, true story

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 523 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Happy Dreams, I Love You, God Bless You

    NOVEMBER 6, 2011 10:00AM

    By Charleen Earley


    Topics: alzheimer, death, sadness, love, memories, family, open+call, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 874 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Hijab: A Love Story

    NOVEMBER 6, 2011 5:50AM

    By Sara Grace O'Connell


    Topics: veil, religion, love, hijab, woman, muslim, islam

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2784 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Anniversary of My Mental Breakdown and Loss of a Friend

    NOVEMBER 3, 2011 2:26PM

    By Colony of Losers


    Topics: jason lionel walsh, life, love, suicide, torment, depression, mental breakdown, colony of losers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 1394 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Remembering my Grandma on Dia de los Muertos

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 11:12AM

    By Brazen Princess


    Topics: remembering, opening, love, grandma, grief

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 944 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Looking Up in Grand Canyon

    OCTOBER 26, 2011 4:25AM

    By Dorri Olds


    Topics: grand canyon, mother daughter, hiking, love, waterfalls, adventure, personal essay

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1039 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Hospice

    OCTOBER 3, 2011 1:37PM

    By Marcelle Soviero


    Topics: family, books, belief/religion, open+call, life, health, love, old age, dying, death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 2110 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    I Loved a Man Much Younger Than Myself

    OCTOBER 3, 2011 12:27PM

    By Sarah Cavanaugh


    Topics: workplace romance, sexuality, relationships, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1817 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    An Obsessive Romantic Attraction

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 9:18AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: dog, life stories, gossip, state police, chevy, mental health, soap operas, soap opera, womens issues, gas, mens issues, mechanic, corolla, toyota, keys, car, alzheimers, obsession, limerence, divorce, love, arsenic, hudson valley, blue eyes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 50 Ratings
    • 1832 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    16 Years with an Alcoholic

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 9:04AM

    By Lunchlady 2


    Topics: joy, sadness, seaching, finding, children, hate, family, love, pain, life lessons

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 875 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    True Love Ways

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 7:08AM

    By Brazen Princess


    Topics: counsel, calling, love, commitment, music, grief, healing, pain, true love, buddy holly

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 280 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    My First Muse, and My Second

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 4:44AM

    By bill benzon


    Topics: autobiography, essay, thought, art, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1868 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    My Modern Love Reject

    SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 8:55AM

    By Dorri Olds


    Topics: living together, depression, alcohol, coming of age, youth, drugs, love, romance, relationship

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