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My Dad Disappeared When I Was A Kid. Years Later, I Got A Letter That Changed Both Our Lives.

"During the summer I turned 14, I came home to a typewritten letter waiting for me on my bedspread."
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I Spent Weeks Near Death In The ICU. Asking My Doctors To Do This 1 Thing May Have Saved My Life.

"While the experience was a roller coaster, I did find my voice in that hospital bed."
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This Woman's Controversial Obituary For Her Mom Caused Outrage — But We Need More Like It

"As American novelist Anne Lamott famously said, 'If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.'"
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My Daughter Almost Died At Summer Camp. Here's What I Wish I Told Her Before She Went.

"When my husband emerges from the camp infirmary with our daughter draped across his arms, I do not recognize her. 'We need a hospital,' I tell him."
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RV Life During The COVID Pandemic: What One Family Learned Traveling The Country For 6 Months

Kelly Burch and her family decided to rent their family home in New Hampshire and embark on a months-long road trip in an RV. Because of job flexibility and remote-learning during the pandemic, the family has traveled to some of America’s hidden gems and national parks.
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Spending 2020 Indoors Forced Me To Face My Hoarding

My things were a refuge from the anxiety of the world and the people in it. Then the pandemic forced me to confront what they really said about me.
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‘Long Covid’ Damaged My Body. But It Destroyed My Mental Health

Nine months later the physical symptoms may have gone, but the mental scars of fighting this virus for so long remain.
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FROM HUFFPOST U.K.

I Drove Through Canada With U.S. Licence Plates. It Didn't Go Well.

America's pandemic response has left its reputation in tatters among Canadians and around the world.
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FROM HUFFPOST CANADA

'Animal Crossing' Is Getting Me Through Quarantine — And I'm Not Alone

"Animal Crossing: New Horizons" became a form of virtual escape for me and many others amid the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's why.
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Be Kind To Your Waitperson. They're Going Through Hell Right Now.

Every time I clock in, I struggle with the reality that people’s lives are at risk.
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