breakups

How ‘Young Love’ Becomes a Trap
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How ‘Young Love’ Becomes a Trap

Picture it: Small Town, U.S.A., 1994. R&B songs about the kind of deep heartbreak that 11-year-old me couldn’t possibly understand play on repeat on the Walkman. A redheaded, freckle-faced girl with too much hairspray in her bangs stares out a rain-streaked window. I’m torturing myself over a boy who’s rejected me. This would happen over…

What’s In a Year: How My Job Saved My Life
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What’s In a Year: How My Job Saved My Life

Written in 2012 Where were you a year ago? I had just graduated college, was stressing over finding a job and the impending loss of our house. I was married with a family and was also helping to raise my niece. Though times were tough, I at least felt slightly in control, like an adult with…