Tag: coping
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November 06, 2006 03:00 AM EST --
At five, the Great Salt Lake
cannot swim, cannot sink
you float
Swim the tide
At the museum,
Edvard Munch's The Scream
once lost, now found, but at 3
a scream in my soul
Swim the tide
Beneath the . . . more
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March 09, 2008 09:58 PM EDT --
Breaking up,
Souls in disarray,
Leaving town,
Leaving here today.
Driving off
To another state
Peace, quiet
No more need to wait.
Dreams broken
Tears flood down my face
New future . . . more
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August 19, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
My husband, Mark, was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. It is squamous cell (non small cell) cancer. He has a tumor in his right lung and it is in his lymph nodes. There is also cancer cells surrounding . . . more
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August 30, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
Well, we have made it through the week. Mark has gone for radiation treatment every day. He will have the long weekend to get some rest and recover. He doesn't go back until Tuesday.
The only . . . more
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August 30, 2008 07:17 PM EDT --
We all have fears. Fears take in a huge range, including heights, small places, poverty, insects, death, fire, flood, separation, dentists, public speaking, the creature under the bed, and many . . . more
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May 25, 2007 04:35 PM EDT --
I knew when I heard that my aunt had died, that it was going to be a very difficult time for my grandmother. Back when Retha was born, she had developed severe bleeding on the brain. While they were . . . more
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April 18, 2007 06:40 AM EDT --
A credo I (try) to live by: "Worry is a misuse of imagination."
There is a reason I try to live by those words. I've dealt with severe clinical depression for years. I felt compelled . . . more
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September 07, 2007 11:33 PM EDT --
Dysfunction Junction
by
Heather L. Campbell
March 1, 1999
I was born in a family situation,
like everyone else across the nation...
I watched "The Beaver" and "I Married Joan" . . . more
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March 07, 2008 09:24 PM EST --
If you check with Google, it's medically spelled either Asperger's and Asberger's.
Asperger Syndrome Information Page
Asperger syndrome (AS), one of the autistic spectrum . . . more
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December 03, 2007 09:49 AM EST --
My son, Ryan, will be graduating high school and going off to college. He’s excited to be on his own. I think . . . more
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April 23, 2008 08:13 PM EDT --
Rainbow shades of vibrant hue
Blend in streaming flows of tears
Trees so dear I close sore eyes
To hear rustling, windy cheer
Scents are but a memory
Numbed by pollen wafting by
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January 26, 2007 03:11 PM EST --
Discipline
It seems young people are more and more independent, lacking in respect for authority and unruly. The “F” word has become a part of the American language, said with no more concern . . . more
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September 12, 2007 11:40 PM EDT --
For many years, the issue of death has been one that I can not seem to shake. I revisit it all the time- night and day. I don't know why this is and it scares me that I think about . . . more
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October 23, 2007 08:00 PM EDT --
Who invited this clown?
I don't recall sending an invitation
Yet here he is
Pain in the rearend
Someone escort him out
And tell him to take his vile friends with him
To include chemo, . . . more
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March 15, 2008 04:32 AM EDT --
When your whole world comes tumbling down,
And you find yourself flat on the ground
Your heart . . . more
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September 05, 2007 04:12 AM EDT --
Did you ever think of disappearing? Did you ever think of just walking out the door and never going back to your life? What made you decide to stay? What made you decide to go? Did you make the right decision . . . more
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September 27, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
I’m perched at the
Edge of a slippery slope.
Tempted. Afraid.
Wondering how else to cope.
Just one tiny step forward
Could it hurt anything?
Who would even know?
Oh, what . . . more
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November 11, 2007 04:22 PM EST --
At one time or another we all experience strong feelings that accompany positive or negative emotions.
A day without feeling emotions would be impossible to imagine. Each day we feel dozens of emotions; . . . more
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February 26, 2008 12:17 PM EST --
We live in anxious times. Around the clock, we hear news of war, murder, natural disasters, and ominous threats such as terrorism and bird flu. If you're lucky enough not to be directly affected by . . . more
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January 24, 2008 09:26 PM EST --
#1 A Tentative Start
My life started at about 8:30 PM on September 20, 1960. I didn't know it at the time. After all, I was only 18.
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