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The separation from my kids was the most traumatic thing I’ve ever been through. But the kindness I was shown changed me completely, says Kelly Corcoran.
"I was 23 when I finally discovered there was a word for my experiences and feelings."
"There is no way to place my wife’s coffee order at Starbucks without feeling like I need to apologize afterwards."
"I fear I lost my sister to this idea that women’s lives are incomplete until they’ve been through childbirth."
"My 8-year-old looked my mum dead in the eye and asked, 'How long do you think you'll live, Grandma?'"
The fact that I was shocked by a freak accident, the kind that stole my husband less than two years ago, produced a new kind of survivor’s guilt.
The rapper posted emotional tributes to his family on Instagram, but specifically asked daughter Deyjah Harris and stepdaughter Zonnique Pullins to forgive him.
A new study on teaching middle schoolers about sexual violence and dating abuse yields interesting clues.
I want you back for good – or actually, just for Christmas. Here, four readers share their experiences.