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76Movie Review: Rachel Getting Married
Addiction is a family disease. It affects not only the addicted person, but every member of his/her family. In "Rachel Getting Married" the heroine's addiction is clearly central to the family's dysfunction,...
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77Bee Season by Myla Goldberg Book Review
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (Anchor, 2001, ISBN 10:038549880) was not the novel I expected. Not at all. And I was very pleasantly surprised, because it was much more than the fluffy summer read I...
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74Dysfunctional Families
All people had a conflict with their families at some time or another, but for some it is more of a lifetime struggle involving much confusion and emotional pain. Many people think that this change will...
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55Book Review: It's Not Me, It's You by Stephanie Wilder-Taylor
From moving cross country to Los Angeles at the young age of 18 to becoming a mom of twins, author Stefanie Wilder-Taylor details the crazy antics of her life in her newest release It's Not Me, It's You....
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55Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
The phrase Adult Children was initially coined by people within the field of chemical dependency treatment. Originally it was Adult Children of Alcoholics and an organization was formed with the same...
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67Am I Turning Into My MOTHER?
Am I turning into my mother? Ye gods! The idea makes me shudder! Don't get me wrong--I love my mother in some deep, elemental, imperishable way, but as far as wanting to be her? No. Not. Definitely not....
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68A Story From My Life, Part 3
This is one of the saddest stories I have to write. Once again, it isn't a direct memory of mine from my childhood, but part of the family arcana. It arouses in me the strongest empathy and sympathy for...
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66A Story From My Life, Part 5
I lived on Orange Street in Albany with my brother Louie for the first semester at Albany State University. I didn't live in the dorms. My brother Louie's house was a HUD house. It was in an...
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71What It Costs To Be Different
When I was growing up, America was very prosperous. We lived in rural area, dotted with successful dairy farms that were well-kept and orderly. I went to a central school; all the grades from kindergarten...
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67A Story of My Life, Part 2
My eldest sister Faye, my eldest brother Jerry, and our brother David stayed at home while Mom, Dad and the rest of the children went on an excursion into the country to visit some other relatives on a...
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