Five years ago this month, I went to Lesotho with the UN Global Fund to see the work of their Born HIV Free campaign and to get to know their partner organizations. The idea...
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From Instagram, the other week (mildly edited, for coherence):
This is Emilia. She likes princesses, surfing, American Girl dolls, dolphins, cake, her kitten, and, as of the other weekend, motorcycles. She is, to not put...
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Jul
It’s been about seventeen days now.
They left two weeks ago Monday, on the Monday that I decided to call the doctor about the new lump in my breast. That week contracted in time; I...
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According to the Myers Briggs type indicators, I'm an INTJ, which is to say that my psychological 'type' (according to the MBTI) is characterized by Introversion, Intuition, Thinking and Judgment. INTJs, according to various...
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25
Jun
From Report on Business:
Trusting in the strength of her body to swing on the trapeze at circus school for the first time was equal parts thrilling and terrifying for Catherine Connors.
The daring acrobatics perfectly...
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24
Jun
Welcome Amy - friend, medstore storyteller, pills and a new contributor to this space.
My father had a distinctive voice. It had a kind of intensity. It was naturally domineering and controlling. It was...
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17
Jun
My husband and children are out of town for a week, which is wonderful and terrible all at once. It's terrible, because I miss them desperately. But it's wonderful, too, because I get the...
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There, are of course, a thousand things to love about Oahu ("a thousand plus MORE, Mommy," said Jasper. "A thousand times INFINITY") but for me, the thing at the very top of that list...
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Nearly four years ago, I asked my husband to move our family to New York City. It will mean selling our house, I said. It will mean packing up everything and going to a...
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Look, drugs this is a great message. "The hero is YOU!" YES. OF COURSE.
But does the hero - nine years old? Ten? - need to be wearing high-heeled boots?...
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