Graduating and Missing a Loved One

Graduating and Missing a Loved One

Graduating is a HUGE milestone. Whether you’re graduating from middle school, high school, or college. You’ve made it. I just graduated from college and it was as bittersweet as you would have expected it to…

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Your Mother’s Day 2014

Your Mother’s Day 2014

Call for Mother’s Day ideas: Everyone works through special days in their own way. I want to know how you make it through yours. Like, I wrote here — I pick up a card anyway…

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Mother’s Day 2014

Mother’s Day 2014

Who would have thought that an email offering you a special sale could make you sad? Mother’s Day emails do this to me. It doesn’t take much to remind me of my reality. Since I…

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One Way To Tell Your Friends Someone Died

One Way To Tell Your Friends Someone Died

There’s no one way to tell your friends you’ve lost someone you love, so don’t pressure yourself into finding the perfect way. The best thing you can do is to go into this conversation remembering…

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The Moment Right After You Lose Someone

The Moment Right After You Lose Someone

I’ll never be able to describe the moment right after you realize someone is no longer breathing. Suddenly, there are a million more things you needed to tell them before they were gone. When my…

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A First Look at Too Damn Young

A First Look at Too Damn Young

I’m going to make you one major promise right now:  this site will always be whatever you need it to be. If you’re looking for someone to say “Hey, I’ve Been There.” you’ve come to…

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