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The Importance Of Reconciliation

The Importance Of Reconciliation

Keith E. Lee Keith E. Lee
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I spent my father’s final day on Earth with him.

When You’re No One’s Daughter

When You’re No One’s Daughter

Shae Dahl
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I’ll be changing my last name. I’ll be distancing myself. I will be wisely choosing the things I tell them and the affection I show them, which is little to none now anyway.

Abandoned By The People Who Brought You Into This World

Abandoned By The People Who Brought You Into This World

Jeffery Jones Jeffery Jones
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I had dreamt of meeting him for as long as I could remember. I had all these fantasies about us being buddies. And once he met me, then surely he’d want to be buddies too. Of course, why wouldn’t he?

When I Called My Father On Father’s Day

When I Called My Father On Father’s Day

Nico Lang Nico Lang
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He knows Dad and I don’t speak or don’t speak often. We speak when we have to, at family functions or funerals or weddings, but my little brother doesn’t know why. I wish I could say I didn’t know anymore, but I do. I don’t think my father knows anymore, and that’s the problem.

Don’t Judge Me Because I’m Not Close With My Family

Don’t Judge Me Because I’m Not Close With My Family

Robert Wohner Robert Wohner
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Commitment to family isn’t demonstrated by blindly opening your emotions, health, and time to individuals whose commitment to you was genetically determined. The beauty of family is when people make a choice to honor each other’s physical and emotional health.

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