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The Giving Keys

I had Thought About Giving Her The Key

On February 28, 2014 my 31-year-old son passed away. I was the one that found him in his apartment. He had been struggling with a cyst on his penial gland...

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I Started Suffering A Lot Of Anxiety

Four years ago I graduated from community college with a degree in audio production. I was living in Longview, WA and was deeply in love with a girl named Alicia....

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Serenity For Amy

I had bought myself a giving key with the word Serenity inscribed on it when I made the decision to get sober. I figured I needed a reminder to find...

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Memories Of Her Mom

  So....my very dear friend Tracey....this is about her. We met in 2008 in graduate school. On the very first day of orientation we both knew that we would be...

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Anything For Mom

The day I received my "Giving Key" was on Christmas Eve of 2014 from my mother. She had randomly found this at a boutique shop and thought it would be...

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Her Life Will Never Be The Same

  My friend Abby's son Charlie died of an inoperable brain tumor at the age of 5 on December 5, 2014. Her grief is palpable and unimaginable. Her life will...

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