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mark-miller's picture
Feb.09.2013
The idea of One started small and grew into a year's worth of amazing, thought-provoking, inspirational stories. The resulting anthology was combined into a beautiful paperback book (not unlike Chicken Soup for the Soul, and definitely nice enough for any Doctor's office).With that...
beth-thames's picture
Aug.17.2011
We're supposed to help "the handicapped," but sometimes we don't know how. My mother taught me something about that as she navigated the world in her wheelchair. She'd landed in that metal chair  following a stroke she'd had in her early seventies. On our annual trip to the Gulf of Mexico, a...
deborah-fruchey's picture
May.15.2011
Like many people with mental illnesses, I subsist on a Social Security Disability payment, and the generosity of my spouse. A few weeks ago, out of the blue, I got a letter from Social Security claiming that not only was I not entitled to further benefits, but also that I had not been entitled...