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A Game of Chess with Death

A Game of Chess with Death

Under the surgery lights
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The Day I Could No Longer Pretend That Everything Was Fine

The Day I Could No Longer Pretend That Everything Was Fine

Shame paved the way for recovery and realizations
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Benighted
It Was Easier To Talk to My Dad When He Was In a Coma

It Was Easier To Talk to My Dad When He Was In a Coma

And what I learned about myself
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Diane Reed
A Near-Death Encounter, Healing Gift of Love and Peace

A Near-Death Encounter, Healing Gift of Love and Peace

Guardians, angels, painful wounds, love and light
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pockett dessert
My Kid Is Just Like Yours

My Kid Is Just Like Yours

Save for this one thing...
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The Atrocious Atrophy of an Ageing Vagina

The Atrocious Atrophy of an Ageing Vagina

Roz Warren made me do it!
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Full Stop . Period

Full Stop . Period

On menopause and other realities of ageing
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Jet Propelled
Morning Aches

Morning Aches

Published Poem
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K.B. Silver
Layers of Humility and Goodness

Layers of Humility and Goodness

Gratitude Notes
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A.H. Mehr
My First Christmas Gift 📦

My First Christmas Gift 📦

To Uncle Zed
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Paras Ali
Rejection Syndrome

Rejection Syndrome

I’m not using all of it
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K.B. Silver
When Breath Is Borrowed

When Breath Is Borrowed

I Wish I Was Not There
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Paras Ali
Life and Death

Life and Death

…bearing witness in the ER
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K.M. Fullerton
I Spent Yesterday in the ER

I Spent Yesterday in the ER

An unexpected trip that was not fun
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Donna Cowden
Heart Surgery Taught Me How to Let Go and Receive Care

Heart Surgery Taught Me How to Let Go and Receive Care

Facing my greatest fear
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Benighted
Mother, Are You Alright?

Mother, Are You Alright?

The night of terror and incoming death
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Anurag Parihar
Accepting Death (And Other Difficult Truths)

Accepting Death (And Other Difficult Truths)

The Hidden Wisdom in Accepting Our Mortality
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Mario Georgiou
Forgive Me Father For I Was Unaware

Forgive Me Father For I Was Unaware

That day, I almost lost my father
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Anurag Parihar
Would It Be a Lumpectomy Or Mastectomy

Would It Be a Lumpectomy Or Mastectomy

That was the question I was anxious to know the answer to
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Thoughts a Thinking
The Day My Right Knee Was Replaced

The Day My Right Knee Was Replaced

One year ago!!!
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Chrysa Stergiou
Times Change

Times Change

Prose Poetry
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A.H. Mehr
On Apathy From Some Doctors

On Apathy From Some Doctors

Personal Narrative
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A.H. Mehr
Emotions Birthed in the E.R.

Emotions Birthed in the E.R.

When the hospital becomes a close friend
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Donna Cowden
Closed Doors of Emergency Rooms

Closed Doors of Emergency Rooms

Prose Poem
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A.H. Mehr
Honest Prayers and Positive Thinking

Honest Prayers and Positive Thinking

When there is someone out there, you usually do not die
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Purva Shoor
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