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I write stuff down. thinker • humorist • cynical optimist

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Jennifer Mayer’s Eulogy

Family Matters

My dead sister's birthday is today, April 8th, and she, a non-smoker, died of lung cancer in …

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boiling pot of meat

The Love of the Irish: a story of corned beef and cabbage

Family Matters, Parenting

Boiled meat is nothing to be proud of, but that doesn’t stop people that I love from dumping a half …

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Scar Tissue: a sister story

Family Matters, I Am Woman, No Place Like Home

To save her life the first time, they drilled a hole in her heart to insert a valve or sump pump or …

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How to care for your body and soul

I Am Woman, Midlife Midriff, Parenting, Work Life

Why isn’t this working? Hello? Is this thing on? Hello? This thing called my body -- what is …

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Music therapy to heal what’s broken

Family Matters, Funny Not Funny

So many songs written about broken hearts, I wonder if heartache didn’t occur would music even …

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Miking the cake: a birthday tradition

Family Matters, No Place Like Home, Parenting

This essay was selected for Birthday episode of Read650, where writers read, if you prefer to …

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