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I still keep three small handprints in a frame on the mantel. The grandkids made them in preschool the year...

I still catch myself reaching for the lotion bottle on the nightstand every morning. The same one I used to...

My name is Evelyn Harper, and I am 70 years old. For most of my life I was the strong...

I never thought a simple afternoon walk would almost end my life — or teach me the hardest lesson of...

The morning of June 12, 2018 started like any other in our little brick ranch outside Chicago. I was making...

I still remember the exact moment the doctor said the words. It was a Tuesday morning in October 2023. I...

The old porch swing still creaks the same way it did in 1978 when little Tommy pushed his baby sister...

Margaret Thompson still sets two coffee mugs on the kitchen counter every morning out of habit. For 22 years she...

Tom Reilly still remembers the exact morning in March 2013 when everything changed. He was 59, a 34-year veteran line...

Mark Thompson had always been the steady one. Born and raised in the Cleveland suburbs, he started at the auto-parts...