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The Woman Who Wouldn’t Wear Shoes—Until Someone Understood Why I’ve been patrolling downtown for seven years. Same blocks. Same people. Same old problems. Then something

I never thought that a simple trip at the pharmacy on a sleeting November night would change the direction of my whole life, but that

I don’t remember what the pregnancy test said, but I do remember how the plastic felt against my fingers. It’s cold. Not forgiving. I recall

She didn’t realize that I had put a bomb with a three-year fuse in the divorce papers. When I noticed the 100th missed call from

When I asked my mother why my seven-year-old daughter was left at a Shell station 340 miles from home while her dog received a window

Maya Brooks, who was eight years old, wanted to take the long way home from school. She liked stepping on crunchy leaves, counting the Christmas

The day of Harper’s sixth birthday began like something out of a novel. Pink, silver, and white balloons bounced off the ceiling of our living

Missing Girl Since 1990 A father looks over his daughter’s yearbook after 22 years and sees something he never thought possible. In Cedar Falls, Iowa,

She took off the dress, put it in the wardrobe, and put on trousers and a sweatshirt. Her hands were shaking, but her intellect was

I’m 73 years old and in hospice care for the last few days of my life after a long battle with lung cancer. I’ve had