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Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?"I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter?

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My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

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Turn around, and the people you thought you knew might change. Your little boy might now live half a world away. Your beautiful daughter might be snea...more

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The first time someone I loved left me behind...I didn't know how my family would balance. We had been such a sturdy little end table, four solid legs...more

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I used to wonder about the fake pictures that came in frames you buy at the store—ladies with smooth brown hair and show-me smiles, grapefruit-headed ...more

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Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a...more

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You want to know what I want? I'm sick of being a guinea pig. I'm sick, but I'm never f*cking sick enough for this family.

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Clearly God was in some kind of mood on my birthday.

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But even if every house looked identical-if all the furnishings were the same- it still wouldn't feel like yours.That's because home isn't where you a...more

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If you live in each other's pockets long enough, you're related.

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I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the paramete...more