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Actually, You Do NOT Have to Love Yourself to Be Loved By Others

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
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Conventional wisdom says that you have to love yourself before anyone else can love you. But in practice, being loved helped me learn how to love myself.

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How I’m Learning to Accept My Brother’s Prison Sentence

Monday, May 6th, 2013
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As my brother’s family moves on without him, we have to accept our new normal.

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Finding Happiness in Loss

Monday, October 22nd, 2012
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The week your dad dies is not what you’d normally consider happy, and yet I don’t have to look hard to find moments worth highlighting.

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Happiness Highlights: My Husband, My Kids, My Friend

Monday, October 1st, 2012
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My husband loves me, my kids don’t hate me, and my friend took me to a baseball game.

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I Called Because He’s Dying

Friday, June 8th, 2012
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After five years without speaking to one of my parents, I finally had a reason to pick up the phone.

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