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Applying for State-Assisted Health Insurance, Part 2

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

1/7/10 My first complete week without health insurance. As I still had hope I would be on Commonwealth Choice for February, I started researching when the last day of the current month is that you ...

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A Chance to Live

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Inside every human being is a drive. Sometimes the drive is clear cut: he or she wants to be a doctor, a lawyer, a wife, a mother, a husband, a father, or something else entirely. ...

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The Eating Disorder Beast Can Be Beaten

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

I'm 15 years old, it's 3:00 p.m., school is out and I can't wait to get home and be alone. I'm dizzy, lightheaded, and cold. As I go to my locker to get ...

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Applying for State-Assisted Health Insurance, Part 1

Monday, February 8th, 2010

In early December, my employer kicked me off of their group health insurance plan. While it was a terrible plan with high co-pays and many uncovered services, it was better than no health plan ...

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Scattershot: My Bipolar Family

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

It was back in the '50s. One day my friend's mother just disappeared. That Sunday as they gathered in the church parking lot, the other mothers whispered. My friend stood next to me and cried. ...

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Weekends at Bellevue

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Ever wanted to go beyond the doors of a psychiatric hospital? To have a key to the locked units? To witness the day-to-day at a legendary institution mired in mystery and folklore? Weekends at Bellevue, ...

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I’m an Only Child. So What?

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

I do not have any brothers or sisters. Yes, I am an only child. So what? It is okay with me that I don’t have brothers or sisters, so why is it often not ...

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Searching for Soul: A Survivor’s Guide

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Bobbe Tyler, author, nonfiction writer and retired communications coordinator for Lucasfilm Ltd, has written a book of the type, and in the style, that has kept her alive all these years. Her book, Searching ...

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My Adversity, My Son

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

I watched "Hawthorne" on TNT tonight. One of the story lines was about a woman who came into the ER with a broken arm and during the examination she was discovered to have many bruises ...

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Ordinary Heroes

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Last night I went to a convenience store. I was joking with one of the two female cashiers working the late night shift when this guy stormed in, shouting obscenities, totally agitated. I was scared—sure ...

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Hiding Behind the Pulpit with Bipolar Disorder

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

I have an illness that affects nearly 1 out of every 17 Americans, and affects 1 out of every 5 families. This disease is chronic in nature, and can only be controlled, not cured. It ...

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Yoga Journey

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

I started going to yoga classes when I was a sophomore in college. This was in 1995, so the yoga craze had not yet begun. I didn’t know much about yoga, but liked ...

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Three Men, One Month: The Match.com Journey Continues

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

I have now been on roughly a month’s worth of Match.com dates. None of them was completely awful, but some were definitely better than others. Date One: The Liquid Hater I started with a man I ...

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Mother’s Day Thoughts by a Mommy of Angels

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

I have been thinking. I have 6 Angels waiting for me in Heaven. I have miscarriages. The couple weeks surrounding Mother's Day contain several significant dates for me anyway. May 8th was the 7th anniversary ...

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We Shouldn’t Need a Day of Our Own

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Everybody in the United States is terribly aware the second Sunday in May is Mother's Day -- the floral and greeting card industries won’t let you forget it. Mother's Day is big business. (Whether people ...

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