“It’s my party and I can cry if I want to.” This was my attitude when my husband, a Marine pilot, was deployed over the holidays. His four deployments have separated us over four Thanksgivings, four Christmases, and of course, four Valentine’s Days. It was hard, especially the first few times. Then I discovered the secret of not only... >Read More

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It seems like yesterday I woke up to find my husband slumped over the dining room table. I tried to wake him but his hand was cold. As I read the letter on the table, I couldn't believe it. Though he said he loved me, my husband had committed suicide by drug overdose. I was in shock for the... >Read More

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My father was a closet alcoholic and suffered from depression. He was in and out of the psychiatric ward in the hospital. If my mother happened to go away to the city for a couple of days, we would be left alone with him. I remember many times being at home, alone on the farm with my sister, wondering... >Read More

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