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My life right now…
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My life right now
is making choices for anything I want to do. I am single, no children, pets, or husband. Sometimes these choices are
overwhelming but exciting at the same time. The sky is the limit and as I age I feel I am trying...
Cathy H.
Fredericksburg,
VA
28 Jun 2021
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My life right now
is a familiar state of fear and courage recalling an experience over 6 years ago when I first was diagnosed with cancer. I had been touched by cancer a year prior as a family member of a sister who had been diagnosed...
Lucinda R.
Sierra Vista,
AZ
27 Jun 2021
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My life right now
i have learned to differ my inner self to align it more with my lifetime self, making mea better person. the truth brings friends. we are not genetics. i am grateful.
Linda P.
Bangor,
ME
19 Jun 2021
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My life right now
: in 2019 me and my husband found out that he can't have children. tried to get pregnant with a sperm donor and it didn't work the first 6 months. we wanted to try again but ran out of money try to...
Amber C.
Phoenix,
AZ
19 Jun 2021
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Washington,
DC
26 May 2021
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My life right now
is the life I never imagined having. For starters, Covid really changed everything I thought my life was and in a way it made me more mature. Being a Salvadorian woman's only daughter, my dreams and life are also her's. All my...
Reina S.
Hayward,
CA
18 May 2021
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My life right now
is hard and stressful, with every push forward having a step backward, and the tough times being tougher, and all those "It's just one of those days" become more and more frequent, and every day it seems more hopeless, But my very...
Anonymous
Castro Valley,
CA
16 May 2021
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My life right now
is so different from where I was just even a year ago. Every day I wake up, I think about how I can be better, both mentally and physically. I analyze pretty much everything that comes my way now, trying to be...
MaryJane A.
San Leandro,
CA
15 May 2021
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My life right now
is a new start and path to find fresh goals and enjoy things from this point on. Yesterday is memories of sad, happy and learning. Today is the start of tomorrows, " what I learned , can change and make better for...
Andrea L.
Fresh Meadows,
NY
06 May 2021
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Aurora,
CO
05 May 2021
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Parker,
AZ
01 May 2021
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Barboursville,
WV
19 Apr 2021
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My life right now
is a challenge. I am 74 years old and that brings new challenges; cataract surgery, a new phone/a smart one/ to learn how to work. My teenage grandson no longer cares to stay over. We get together and go spend time at...
Anonymous
Allentown,
PA
17 Apr 2021
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"My company
Madison Art Consulting
enhances environments through artistic placements. What gets me out of bed in the morning is approaching every day with a sense of wonder knowing I will be meeting interesting artisans and clients and making a difference...
Nicole M.
Blackwood,
NJ
14 Apr 2021
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Marietta,
GA
10 Apr 2021
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Marietta,
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10 Apr 2021
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Glendale,
AZ
09 Apr 2021
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My life right now
has been a lot different then I thought that it would be this year. COVID-19 has put a lot of my life on hold like the rest of the world. I describe myself as the poster child for a person who needs...
Richard H.
Columbus,
OH
06 Apr 2021
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Phoenix,
AZ
06 Apr 2021
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Kissimmee,
FL
03 Apr 2021
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Springdale,
AR
30 Mar 2021
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is in it's 7th decade, who would have thought I would be here? It has been a pretty common life but talking with others. my life has been a bit different. I grew up in Ohio, born there and schooled there until...
Sandra I.
Dallas,
TX
27 Mar 2021
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Merrick,
NY
24 Mar 2021
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Athens,
GA
23 Mar 2021
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