All About Me
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Hortence Declined My Friendship
I tried to make a new friend in a parking lot. She had pearls, a… Read more.
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Emptiness: Season Two
Same girl, same emptiness, upgraded sarcasm. A dark, funny, painfully honest look at what happens… Read more.
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New Job, New Rules: What Nobody Tells You About Starting Over
My first day in Health Information was exactly what you expect. I got my cubicle,… Read more.
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Bonfires, Mosquitos, and the Irony of Being a Tourist Who Hates Tourists
We planned s’mores. The store had no marshmallows. I became the only mosquito buffet at… Read more.
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Crab Island, One Brave Dog, One Smart Dog, and a Nap That Erased Sunday Morning
The Gulf Coast welcomed me by pouring salt water into every scrape I had forgotten… Read more.
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Destin, Dogs, and a Very Public Loss of Dignity
I had a very clear agreement with my couch. Joe had not been informed. Ten… Read more.
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How Silent Voices Started: A Writer Turned Elder Advocate
I started a personal blog about everyday life. It became Silent Voices Elder Advocacy. Here… Read more.
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From the Requesting Side to the Releasing Side: The Shadowing
My calendar was a vast empty field with nothing in it but ambition, three unfinished… Read more.
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From the Requesting Side to the Releasing Side: A Records Specialist’s Identity Crisis
For two years I was the woman on the other end of your fax machine.… Read more.
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Destin, Florida: A Weekend I Was Not Ready For
I flew to Destin to support my brother through the hardest week of his life.… Read more.
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In Memory of a Beloved Best Friend
This is not a sad story. It is the story of Manchas, a Dalmatian who… Read more.
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What in the Seven Heavens, Bogotá!
August 2025, the day a routine Bogotá layover turned into a Colombian hostage situation, a… Read more.
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The Pupcup Debt
Savannah complained about one too many pictures. Horatio heard Starbucks and lost his mind. Dad… Read more.
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The Yearversary — Because Anniversary Was Already Taken | Chapter 4
Year Two is when the training wheels come off and nobody tells you. You just… Read more.
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The Yearversary — Because Anniversary Was Already Taken | Chapter 3
The morning of April 17, 2024 felt like a simulation. My nervous system kept sending… Read more.
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The Yearversary — Because Anniversary Was Already Taken | Chapter 2
People always ask what I miss about the nursing home. Not the nurses. Not the… Read more.
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The Yearversary — Because Anniversary Was Already Taken | Chapter 1
Most people would look at today and see an ordinary Friday. I have always been… Read more.
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The Day My Body Told the Truth
Where I come from, we fight the world with a good mood. We do not… Read more.
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Meet my Team: Horatio and Savannah Williams-Frias
Every publication has the people behind it. Silent Voices has Nathalie. And Nathalie has Horatio… Read more.
