Anyone who has lost a parent, a guardian, a friend or any loved one, should listen to Kanye West’s “Only One.” This song is the entire package, but what really packs the punch are the…
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Tyler Posey recently told the world his hero is his mom. Re-watching the YouTube video of just how this announcement played out is heartbreaking because just a few weeks after its release, Cyndi Terese Garcia-Posey passed away.…
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This is my first Christmas without my grandmother and my 13th Christmas without my mom. For me, they don’t get easier, they just become different. I’ve been thinking these last few days of ways I…
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Christmas Eve in my family is when all the real Christmas celebrations happen. We have dinner on the 24th and all of the kids stay up until midnight, singing songs to my grandmother and waiting…
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In November 2009, I was leading a weekend retreat at my college, on which I would give a talk about relationships. Throughout this weekend I would bond with my fellow retreat leaders, who I had…
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If you’ve been following along with The Newsroom for the last few years, you’ll know that last night was the last episode of the entire series. Charlie Skinner, fearless leader and Don Quixote aficionado, passed…
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