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The Virago
We are a community of women who share our personal stories about how we’ve survived and thrived in our lives. We share our messages to heal and help others learn from our experiences.
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Oct 22
They Took Her Uterus and Paid Her Six Thousand Dollars
A woman’s tale of loss and injustice
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Apr 4
Joy is Sandwiched Between Moments of Holding it Together and Pain
Welcome to life, my friend. Now get…
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Dec 22, 2023
‘Tis the Season of G(r)i(e)ving
Give yourself the gift of holding space for it
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Lori Welch Brown
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Oct 13, 2023
You Don’t Need a Guy to Break Your Heart into Smithereens
There are a million paths to heartbreak, and…
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Lori Welch Brown
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Aug 3, 2023
My Babies Left the Nest Today
Joy and loss. Forever intertwined
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Lori Welch Brown
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May 12, 2023
Mother’s Day Can be a Pandora’s Box of Emotions for Many
Imperfect beings, gargantuan voids, and…
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Apr 1, 2022
Short-Term Mother, Long-Term Effects
A very biased portrait of the best mom in the world
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Shruthi Vidhya Sundaram
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Jan 9, 2022
A Bright Soul Left Its Body Today
I miss him. I miss us
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Shruthi Vidhya Sundaram
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Jan 9, 2022
Fourteen Heartbreaking Nightly Visits to the Hospital
When my family had to countdown my grandfather’s…
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Michelle Jaqua
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Dec 2, 2021
When One Thing Or Another Keeps Leaving You
Experiencing multiple losses in the age of COVID
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