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I Hugged My Son Goodbye And He Began His First Week Of College. Then I Never Saw Him Again.
"In my mind, I’m still planning for parents weekend, Thanksgiving, sending his winter clothes. ... None of this will happen."
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I Assumed My 3-Year-Old Had An Imaginary Friend. Then He Said 5 Words That Completely Unnerved Me.
"I never considered that my own dwelling could be haunted. Then I became a mother."
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One Parent’s Behavior At My Child’s Gymnastics Class Sent Me Into A Rage. Then I Realized Something I Didn’t See Coming.
“It hit me. The reason I was raging.”
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I Started Having Trouble Pooping Fully In My Mid-40s — And My Doctor’s Explanation Left Me Stunned
"Since my mid-40s, these problems have intensified."
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I Was Made To Feel Dirty For Something I Had Zero Control Over. Here's Why My Boys Will Never Do The Same To Your Daughter.
"Some moms are shocked I have done that and some moms are shocked it can be done at all."
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I Was 15 When I Started Partying With Rock Stars. I Told No One What They Did To Me — Until Now.
"I became the envy of friends who saw photos of me partying with rock stars — but they didn't know the dark secrets behind them."
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I Saw A Medium After My 4-Year-Old Son Died. I Couldn't Believe What She Told Me.
"She didn’t speak in soft platitudes. She didn’t even ask questions. She just said things. Specific things. Intimate things."
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I Screamed When I Saw What Was Parked In Our Driveway. Then I Learned My Husband Had Bought It.
"I froze and wondered if death had finally come for us."
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I Lost My Job Because I Wouldn’t Let My Employer Hit My Toddler
"The campus day care sent me a memo giving them legal permission to hit my son, which they instructed me to sign and return."
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ICE Is Offering Huge Paydays — But What They Want You To Say In Return Is Downright Insidious
"I immediately understand the subtext of this language."
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