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March 2018

Forever 13 by Jane Shaw “13”…It’s just a number.  To some it’s bad luck.  But to me it was always a very special number.  It was...

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February 2018

A Mother Left Behind By Kalia Loper After my daughter, Nayyira, lost her life in November 2012 due to an automobile accident, I was crushed....

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November 2017

In Memory of Ava Hecht  By Karen Gang On January 8, 2009, I began a heartbreaking lifelong journey that those reading this column...

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July 2017

In Memory of Jaclyn Scarabino Maybe other parents who have lost a precious child go through this too? There is a certain point before her...

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June 2017

"My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step,...

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