Why loneliness is killing millions of American men.
by Mark Greene When I was seven years old, my best friend was named George. He lived around the...
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Category: Memoirs
Persist: The Ongoing Journey
by Peter Clothier The gift of another insight today. Well, it’s not exactly new, but it arrives with good timing and particular focus. A peculiar set of circumstances led me this morning to a video interview on Living...
Read MoreOn the trail
by Steve Norcross “Hike the Grand Canyon at your age?” Apparently this co-worker was not aware that ageist comments like this are not socially acceptable. He also was not aware of the assumption he made about what a...
Read MoreOn the edge of suicide
I was in so much despair that the only thing left for me to do was take my life. Seems like a lifetime ago. At the tender age of twenty three, I was at the end of my rope with no way out. After many cries of help through my...
Read MoreThe forgotten language of fathers and sons
by Peter H. Putnam, Jr. In April 1998, my father is lying in a South Carolina hospital with a ventilator plugged into his throat. He has no voice. He once sang “Impossible Dream” in an impossibly deep bass voice, now...
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