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"For the first time ever, my son made threats of harm against our family. That night, we learned he’d charged a 9mm pistol and 100 rounds of ammo to his credit card."
“I don’t own a house. My IRA is long gone. The only thing my kids are likely to inherit right now is a pretty good object lesson in what not to do financially.”
"I was 16 years old and a recent escapee from the Jehovah’s Witnesses when I discovered an unwelcome truth."
"When I woke up, everything was different, mostly in the way I saw the world and in the way it saw and treated me."
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"I was in the big leagues. ... One false note, one blink too long, and if they could smell the desperation, you were out."
I Told My Doctor I'd Been Living In Excruciating Pain For 7 Years. His 2-Word Response Was Shocking.
"He seemed … annoyed. And in a hurry, which he always was."
"When she told me, I was shocked — not by what she’d done, but by my own reaction."
“She reminded me of myself. Shackled. Exhausted. Written off. But still here. Still trying.”
"After that first song, she started to speak and said she wanted to go 'a little bit rogue' to tell her story."
"At 35, I wasn’t supposed to lose my husband to a rare liver cancer or spend midnights in the antiseptic hush of his hospital room."