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Dear Me
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My 2010 "Dear Me" letter.
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Follicular Folly
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A midnight trip to Wal-Mart takes a scary turn
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Surgery, Schmurgery!
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A nurse's experience as a patient
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Why Ty Pennington Is My Hero
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An essay about Ty Pennington of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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A Shooting In Duchesne
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Sometimes life really is stranger than fiction
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A 6"x6" Box
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A daughter's memories of her mother are reduced to a 6"x6" box
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Go Peaceful Into That Good Night
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A personal essay about life, love, and death
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A Little Perspective On Aging
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My perspective on the inevitability of aging
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Living Life Backwards
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What I would change if I had the opportunity to do it all over
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Shanny-Poopshoe
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Just one of the many interesting experiences I've had since becoming a nurse
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Mother's Day
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The first piece I ever had published. Appeared in Mom Writers Literary Magazine
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