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I Did Not Know Starting Over Would Feel This Lonely I thought starting over was supposed to be exciting. That is how people make it sound. A fresh start. A clean slate. A new ch...
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FeaturedI Did Not Know Starting Over Would Feel This Lonely I thought starting over was supposed to be exciting. That is how people make it sound. A fresh start. A clean slate. A new ch...

My name is Tawan. And according to almost everybody in my neighborhood, I had won the relationship lottery. My girlfriend, Mali, was beautiful, soft-spoken, polite, and always sm...

I almost walked away from someone who was good for me. That sounds strange to say now. At the time, though, I thought I was simply being honest with myself. I told myself there w...

For a long time, I thought being needed was the same thing as being loved. If someone called me when they were having a bad day, I answered. If they needed help, I showed up. If t...

For years, I thought I was waiting for an apology. Looking back, I think I was really waiting for someone to acknowledge that what happened to me mattered. There were things said...