The day I collapsed at my sister’s wedding didn’t start with some dramatic omen. There were no broken mirrors, no mysteriously flickering lights, no nightmares
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My name is Alexandria, and by the time the night was over, the ballroom looked like a war zone. Crystal glasses lay shattered in glittering
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I was twenty when I discovered my stepmother hadn’t told me the full truth about my father’s death. For fourteen years, she insisted it had
My name is Mark Ellison. I’m 39, have been divorced twice, and reside in a small community in northern Kansas. My existence is a predictable
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