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    Does My Mom With Alzheimer's Know It's Mother Day?

    MAY 7, 2012 9:51AM

    By Mom My Hero


    Topics: eldercare, caregiver, mental illness, memory loss, dementia, alzheimers, baby boomer, aging parent, mother's day, ife, love, relationship, daughter, mother, family, health, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 1166 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Trial by pie: a step toward my family

    MARCH 27, 2012 7:23AM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: pie, baking, crust, magic, nostalgia, true story, family, mother, cherry, nostalgia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 954 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    A DRIVING ISSUE

    MARCH 8, 2012 6:18PM

    By Shawn O'Shea


    Topics: disabilities, dating, love, sex, writing, recovery, relapse, booze, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, aids, hiv, choices, drinks, nightlife, bars, crystal, meth, crystal meth, drunk, 12-steps, recovery, crystal meth, crystal methamphetamine, meth, drugs, alcohol, booze, addiction, fear, panhandlers, homeless, hate, kindness, chocolate, project open hand, hiv, aids, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, family, belief/religion, military, navy, discharge, don't ask don't tell, school, college, gi bill, crimes, belief/religion, family, food/drink, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, project open hand, chocolate, kindness, hate, homeless, panhandlers, fear, addiction, booze, alcohol, drugs, meth, crystal methamphetamine, crystal meth, recovery, 12-steps, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, recovery, drugs, alcohol, booze, life, new start, begining, san francisco, arvs, philadelphia, mom, mother, loss, family, death, support, recovery, relapse, self-will, procrastination, 911, help, anger, driving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1040 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    How my baby helped me conquer my fear of the dark.

    OCTOBER 28, 2011 5:13PM

    By AtticAddict


    Topics: halloween, haunted, afraid, dark, baby, new parent, baby monitor, mother, signs, m. night shyamalan, aliens, paranormal, supernatural, postpartum, nursery

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1311 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    LIKE BEA

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 8:20PM

    By Ande Bliss


    Topics: caregiver, indifferent, differences, dimentia, mother

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1886 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Mom's Confession: The Secret Box

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 1:53PM

    By Joan E. Kaufman


    Topics: birth mother, mother, children, adoption, hospital, alcoholism, cancer, dying, death, family, my parents' secret lives, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1262 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Anger Management

    JULY 22, 2011 12:06PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: open call, life after quitting, resentment, mother, stepmother, mental illness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1719 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Mi Madre No Es Mi Madre

    MAY 23, 2011 3:19PM

    By Beth Dugan


    Topics: mother, babysitter, surrogate mother, spanish, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 2067 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Cops & Daughter

    MAY 13, 2011 6:06AM

    By Linnnn


    Topics: daughter, mother, smart kids in dumb situations, cops are here to save us, house parties gone nuclear, half wit kids, family, 911

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4582 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    I Sleep On The Floor

    MAY 11, 2011 12:02AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: mother, baby boomer, unemployed, airbed, milf, bed, divorce, sleeping on the floor, maria shriver, arnold schwarzenegger, john batchelor, terminated, airbed, economy, divorce, bed, divorce, six foot long skunk, economy, unemployed, hudson valley, milf, rip van winkle, insomnia, mother, open call, economy, sleeping on the floor, mortifying disclosures, bed bath and beyond, sisters of the shithood, bonnie bernstein, terminated

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 3074 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    My Mother Who Loved Lee Mazzilli

    MAY 4, 2011 12:13AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: john gambling, joan hamburg, ice cream, baskin-robbins, chinese food, first love, true story, cancer, world war 2, breast cancer, lee mazzilli, mother's day, mother, sports, bonnie bernstein, health, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 804 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Fine Print

    APRIL 14, 2011 4:13PM

    By Julia Lehman Caldwell


    Topics: true story, mortality, stroke, mother, medicine, science, health, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 849 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    An Unlikely Ally

    APRIL 7, 2011 2:32AM

    By John's Mom


    Topics: autism, son, mother, health, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 835 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    MY LEGS

    APRIL 5, 2011 11:08PM

    By Shawn O'Shea


    Topics: recovery, support, death, family, loss, mother, mom, philadelphia, arvs, san francisco, begining, new start, life, booze, alcohol, drugs, recovery, hiv, aids, health, gay/lesbian

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1694 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The circle of breasts

    MARCH 22, 2011 4:58PM

    By Beth PH


    Topics: family, health, mother, daughter, breast, breast cancer, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2446 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    The Ghost in My Quilt

    MARCH 15, 2011 4:57PM

    By Zoe FitzGerald Carter


    Topics: open call, zoe fitzgerald carter, imperfect endings, quilt, vermont, memoir, memory, suicide, assisted suicide, death, sister, mother

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2082 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    ...and now a word about schizophrenia (one daughter's POV)

    JANUARY 12, 2011 7:57AM

    By Synicalgirl


    Topics: family, mother, mental illness, parenting, schizophrenia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1871 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Our Children Sleep in Bed With Us; Shame On You Supernanny

    DECEMBER 6, 2010 11:02AM

    By PonderingJane


    Topics: attachment parenting, true story, cosleeping, family bed, co sleeping, newborn, daughter, son, children, spouse, father, mother, moms, kids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1438 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Little Frail Porcelain Kid VII

    DECEMBER 3, 2010 10:23AM

    By Mauricio Betancourt


    Topics: gay/lesbian, books, society, pain, feelings, heart, pain, sister, father, mother, family, love, kid, porcelain, frial, little

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 814 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Another piece of the puzzle

    OCTOBER 27, 2010 3:20PM

    By Beth PH


    Topics: family, photo, mother, son, adoption

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