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Age of Empathy News: December 2024 Edition

Age of Empathy Prompt For the Holiday Season: Winter

Submission Guidelines

Here’s What We Are Actually Looking For at Age of Empathy

Finding Hope in the Bleakness of February

Help Me Understand: Dudes Who Wear Shorts When it’s Below Freezing

When Hospital Wards Became A Fire Of Mother’s Love

Looking Back on the Grace of 2024, With Gratitude

The Twelfth Hour

Searching for Destiny Disappoints Because You’re Asking the Wrong Questions

Why Are Museums Inaccessible?

Public Memorials That Brought Chills

My Greatest Fear As I Prepare To Move To Spain

Forgetting Life but Remembering to Live

I Took My Teens to a Speed Dating Event

To My Adorable Thata (Grandpa)

How to Survive Inside a Toxic Family and Relationship (Until You Find the Resources to Escape)

I’m an Emotional Support Doug

The Tremendous Price You Pay When You Live in a Country That Isn’t Your Own

Why We Are All Addicts, and Free Will is Just an Illusion

I Forgave the Person Who Hurt Me the Most

My Family’s Future Bodes Well Thanks to Its Gentle Piano Heart

I’m Ruthlessly Fighting for Answers to My Chronic Pain

Who Cares Whether It Is Jonny or Joanna?

What Bear Hunting Taught Me About Celebrating Small Wins

When Love Has Whiskers

Embracing Progress over Perfection: Breaking Free from My Own Impossible Standards

When Texting Replaces Talking, Communication Dies

Will I Be ‘Man Enough’ To Cry When I Leave California?

The Toy That Taught Me Gratitude and Patience

My Quest To Be Graceful in Pain