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	<title>&#34;Finding the Light Within&#34;</title>
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		<title>Theo: a story in poems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are three of my poems and finally, a song about my husband Theo. manwings all those years everywhere we went you dragged something around. I'd pull or push against your reluctance like you had shackles with no key. how did we know what you were wearing was a pair of wings? they came without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Second Chance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My childhood was filled with sexual, emotional and physical abuse from my parents. My parents terrified me with their words and actions on a daily basis and I could not wait to grow up. I assumed that grownups did not hurt. It was no surprise that I went from that terrified, sad and enraged child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sam, my hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been told that I’m a strong person. I’ve been told by my mother that I am her hero for rising above such tragedy. The girls on my rugby team tell me that I am an inspiration to them; that they are in awe of my ability to go to college after such a devastating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danny Ivan Hill 04/12/1969 -05/12/2001 10 years ago today Since I heard your voice 10 years ago today you made your choice 10 years ago today my heart was broken 10 years ago today  my world came crashing down around me and our family 10 years ago today, I learnt , our world ,  we once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Insanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clara Williams Where do I want to begin telling my story? I believe it was on a Saturday, because my husband was home. It was a very cold and dreary day, December 2004. I had been severely depressed for a number of days. For weeks I had been telling people that something was wrong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I wish it would stop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A simple concrete porch attached to the back of an old gray Victorian house just off a busy suburban street in Rockville Md. Nothing fancy, just a large step up into the kitchen of my grandmother’s house. This step or stoop is a place many school kids would cross coming into and out of school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My first, my last, and my everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the stillness I observed the scene. I remember the impact of my eyes seeing and my mind digesting. I noticed the tips of his ears first; they were white and bloodless. Then I looked for evidence of him breathing; I stared at the love handles where he bent over, I hoped for motion. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why People Are Suicidal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the home page of this website it says, "While we do not know for sure why people are suicidal, we know that for many there is a profound sense of hopelessness, loneliness and isolation." Having heard and/or read similar statements over forty-some years, as one of the "living dead" my perspective may offer a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Margaret Pelleriti Monday, November 15th Michael and Marlo walk home from school, as normal a day as they usually do; it is Monday November 15th a very hot day considering it is November. They come in the house their father is at the computer, playing a video game, which is the usual. I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Matter the Age</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks before his 79th birthday, my uncle took his own life. It was a shock to the family, and yet it probably shouldn't have been. After all, he had grown increasingly reticent about driving, although he didn't express any fear. Once a meticulous dresser, he wore the same clothes for days on end; showering [...]]]></description>
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