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(3) Kristin Lund | 6 months ago

**This is a work in progress** When I die, don't go cheap on me. Don't worry. I don't even want a casket. They sell them at some Costco locations. They are there by the f...

(0) awewriter | 4 months ago

It's 1971 and I am 3 years old. My father was killed in an auto accident. I do not have a father. I am going to learn how to grow up with the reality of death in my life,...

(14) claire light | 3 months ago

I just found out that Cyd Charisse died on Tuesday . Like the commenter at the link above, I was seduced by Charisse 's long legs and inimitable dancing style when I first...

(0) Maya | 3 months ago

As a kid growing up in America, my biggest fear was hearing the phone ring in the middle of the night. It seemed ominous, and the very idea brought with it a sense of fore...

(0) R. Eason | 2 months ago

I called my 86 year old grandmother one morning and was surprised to hear how jovial she sounded. Her poor health had given the family a scare. The hospital admitted her ...

(2) R. Eason | 2 months ago

She had it all. Natural beauty. A slim body. A high-profile career. An apartment in a high-rent district in New York. So if she appeared to have everything going for her,...

(0) syldeo | 2 months ago

Can you honestly say that you have seized a moment in your life, when nothing else but whatever you were doing mattered? Can you say that you truly were present when talk...

(2) Karen & Gerard | 2 months ago

I believe God is in control. He is the giver and taker of life itself, so when I hear about people getting killed by stray gunfire, I am torn between thinking "See, anoth...

(5) angelofsoul | 2 months ago

Is it our families? Our friends? I've thought about this question for a long time. And I still can't figure it out. I used to believe that the purpose of life was to live...

(2) sweetdreamer | 2 months ago

Writing is a lot like fishing, I suppose. I don't fish, but my husband does. He says fishing and catching are two different sports altogether. Writing and thinking-about-...

(2) I'm Maudie Durkin | 2 months ago

Seems that on our back porch there's a string art picture of a sailboat that a shirt-tail relation's father made, a long time ago. Tommy knew whose it was and who made it...

(2) L Wallgren | about 1 month ago

“Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere….” As the famous song verse indicates, mountains are places of authority, points of proclamation, and as ...

(9) Kassandra | about 1 month ago

Beautiful. How can you not feel inspired reading something like this? Cherish yourself and others. I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He refer...

(4) mama bear | 7 days ago

Recently two of my friends have lost their fathers, relatively suddenly. One friend's father had a short time of knowing he had colon cancer and liver failure before he p...

(3) soulscompanion | about 1 month ago

I n Love and Survival , Dean Ornish , the famed cardiologist, beautifully explains how his natural approach for reversing cardiovascular disease relies primarily on emoti...

(1) bruno | about 1 month ago

THEY “The Cosmic Over-Soul and the Man at the Wheel” Who are They ? They are the ones in control, the ones at the wheel. But when we use that term, who are we talking...

(3) greenapplelane | 19 days ago

"Yes, Clarissa thinks, it's time for the day to be over. We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not cha...

(2) Heather Thornton | 16 days ago

Tossing and turning last night in my dreams, I heard the riffs of an acoustic guitar...only it wasn't a guitar. It was my cell phone ringing beside my bed. After realizin...

(0) authorslegacy | 13 days ago

Will I be remembered For who I was...or who I am Will I be sorely missed By my family...by my friends Did I make a difference In this thing that we call life Did I make a...

(0) authorslegacy | 13 days ago

Will I be remembered For who I was...or who I am Will I be sorely missed By my family...by my friends Did I make a difference In this thing that we call life Did I make a...

(0) authorslegacy | 13 days ago

When I look into the mirror I don't know who it is I see For the person looking through it Couldn't possibly be me I see a pretty face With long and flowing hair The refl...

(0) authorslegacy | 13 days ago

There's a story that needs to be shared For whomever wants to hear It's about a fight that needs to be fought For the hope of a few more years It exposes a mother's love ...

(0) authorslegacy | 13 days ago

For the past 9 years, I've tried to adjust myself to living with one kidney. Sometimes I even forget that I only have one - until the scar across my back reminds me! Let ...

(1) authorslegacy | 13 days ago

(In memory of my father) Now that I am grown with children of my own, I can still remember the days I sat on my daddy's lap. I can hear him telling the stories of when he...

(0) meaningfulnonsense | 5 days ago

Getting closer to the end...of anything, seems to create a significant turning point in a person's life. Now of course none of us like to admit this. However, we are all ...

(2) Laura Sands | 10 days ago

Not like you're rushing to the finish line, but do you ever wonder what death is really like? ...

(3) greenapplelane | 10 days ago

The marquees of the Broadway theatres will be dimmed Oct. 3 at 8 PM for one minute to pay tribute to the late Paul Newman, who died Sept. 26 at the age of 83 after battli...

(2) authorslegacy | 3 days ago

My tumor...my life...my decision. When it comes to the reality that your life is hanging in the balance, you need to decide how to approach it. I've made my decision. Whe...

(0) angelmom32 | 3 days ago

A good friend of my parents' passed away a couple of days ago. I met her a couple of times, but I didn't know her well. What I did know was that she was a beautiful perso...