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Sebastian and me July 2008.79

The Gray Hair I Asked For

This is the story of why I have gray hair, actually the gray hair that I asked for.  Surprising perhaps for someone known for dramatic long dark hair for the greater part of my life.  I had long straight...

20 comments    hair long hair curly hair
The quilt being planned on my wall.74

Memory Quilts ~ the Stories Behind the Quilts

My days are filed with sewing what I've started calling Memory Quilts.  It has become a job that I equate with being a bartender.  People come to me to provide a service and they sit and tell me their...

4 comments    death grief comfort
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social anxiety stories

John wakes up and needs to go to work like everyone else, however for him it becomes a real nightmare form the minute he has to make the decision to go, he is afraid that his boss might ebarrass him in front...

0 comments    health
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How to Write a Biography

Writing your personal story may be the most important thing you ever do. Everyone has a story to tell, but very few people take steps to make the memories in their minds translate into stories other people...

2 comments    memoir real life stories
LizaCarlson profile image64

Letting Go, a birth mothers story, pt. 2

     The search began for a family more suitable than that which we had created. Both Chaz and I are from single-child families, and we agreed that we’d like our little one to have a sibling. Although...

0 comments    parents pregnancy choice
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MS and What Scares Me Most

What scares me most about having MS is the constant changes that occur over the life of the disease. You begin with one set of fears and by the time you've been diagnosed for a bit of time, you find the...

2 comments    health fear scared
LizaCarlson profile image65

Letting Go, a birth mothers story, pt. 4

     On February 8th, two days before my projected delivery date, the adoption agent called. Our carefully chosen family had backed out. They had decided, for financial and other reasons, that the...

0 comments    baby pregnancy mother
Even tried this job for employment out of desperation. I actually began to enjoy it.63

Umemployed Madness

Even tried this job for employment out of desperation. I actually began to enjoy it.       Why does it seem like the population in the world is growing and the employment opportunities are dropping?...

0 comments    jobs career school
Bonnie Ramsey profile image64

From the Ditch to a Diamond

It was about 7:30 a.m. on January 11th 2006 when the phone rang and it was my daughter. Half asleep I heard her voice tremble saying, "Mama, get up and get dressed. I am on my way to get you. Daddy fell off...

0 comments    business home business success
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Personal Stories of Social Anxiety

There are millions of personal stories of people that have social anxiety, they have the fear of being scrutinize and judged by other people, some have a special kid of anxiety like fear of public speaking,...

0 comments    health
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