Pieces of dating advice I give my friends who have lost someone: Give him the chance to fail you. Don’t anticipate him leaving before he actually does. Your loss(es) don’t equate baggage, so don’t treat…
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Hank Green and John Green have a podcast. Like a real one. It’s cool and talks about interesting topics and is the opposite of boring. While months ago I’d heard mention that such a podcast…
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Written as an op-ed for a Community Healthcare class at the University of Pennsylvania Over coffee, a new acquaintance asks me a typical “get-to-know-you- better” question: “So what does your mom do?” Despite its frequency,…
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The premise of “Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour” is simple: Amy, the main character and narrator of this book, has to move cross country, and drives her mother’s car from her sunny, Southern California home…
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It always feels a little odd to mourn someone you never knew or never met, but the pain of their loss isn’t any less real. For me, when Harper Lee passed away, it was like…
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It’s been four years since my dad passed away. It occurred to me that in the time I’ve written for Too Damn Young, I haven’t taken the time or space to just tell you about…
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