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I was staring at the empty Halloween costume aisle at Target, fighting back tear…

I was staring at the empty Halloween costume aisle at Target, fighting back tears because everything decent was either sold out or sixty dollars, when my eight-year-old daughter looked up at me and said “Mom, maybe we could just make something?” It’s been three months since the divorce was finalized, and I’m still learning how […]

Our local library is a haven, and Mrs. Gable, the head librarian, runs a tight s…

Our local library is a haven, and Mrs. Gable, the head librarian, runs a tight ship. She’s stern but fair, and truly loves books. One of her biggest pet peeves was the “mystery borrower” – someone who would regularly return books that weren’t checked out to them, often obscure, out-of-print titles, always left neatly on […]

“My fiancé is a man of few words. He doesn’t come home daily or weekly with flow…

\”My fianc\u00e9 is a man of few words.\nHe doesn\u2019t come home daily or weekly with flowers for me. He doesn\u2019t send me long paragraph texts professing his love, and he isn\u2019t traditionally overly romantic.\nFor years, that\u2019s the kind of relationship I thought I wanted, but in reality, it\u2019s not what I needed.\nHere\u2019s the type of […]

Brandon and his Parents

I cannot, and I mean CONNOT deal with the way that they treat Julia. I know she can be a way sometimes, but to see the whole family going in on her almost all the time because she isn’t doing what they want for one second, it makes me really sad to watch. I feel […]

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