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Private Ceremonies

Photo: Emily Higginson. I had only a minute while I waited for the doctor to meet my patient. I grabbed a plastic cup and a pregnancy test from the lab and slipped into the bathroom. This is one of…
SOURCE:Vela Mag
PUBLISHED: May 20, 2013
LENGTH: 27 minutes (6777 words)
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Lessons of Grief

The day that it happened, the United States Postal Service unveiled The Simpson’s collectors’ set—a five-stamp commemorative booklet featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and…
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PUBLISHED: May 13, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3351 words)

Lessons of Grief

The day that it happened, the United States Postal Service unveiled The Simpson’s collectors’ set—a five-stamp commemorative booklet featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and…
SOURCE:Vela Mag
PUBLISHED: May 13, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3351 words)

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The Atlantic

  Moonrise A mother writes about her teenage son, afflicted with muscular dystrophy,…
LENGTH: 34 minutes (8705 words)
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From the Archive: Baby Weight

By Cheryl Strayed Brain, Child (Fall 2008) As a child and teenager, I remember being mildly disturbed by the animal quality that overcame my mother while in the presence of babies. It was a quality…
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4121 words)

Disappearances Have To Disappear

Bodies meant nothing to me. When they jammed into me on the metro or the bus, rather than tensing, pushing, or fighting for some tiny symbolic personal space I learned to let all my air out and…
SOURCE:Vela Mag
PUBLISHED: March 26, 2013
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5711 words)

Atavist Web Reader The Bright Burning of Dory Tourette

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Riding the Heritage Express « Vela Magazine

Disappointment hit with a thud – not a sharp-edged cutting impact, like a well-aimed insult or a mishap with a kitchen knife. Instead it felt blunt, dull and generalized, the way I imagined it…
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LENGTH: 2 minutes (548 words)
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