All Snowflakes Look the Same
After I moved to Wisconsin to pursue an education, other people’s racial perceptions began to pursue me.
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The Weekend Essay
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The Missing
As a kid, Rachael Maddux thought she could shut herself away from the reality of death. Instead, through Reader’s Digest, she came face to face with the fragility of life.
Death With Dignity
After two and a half decades of heart attacks, strokes, heavy drinking, chain smoking, and, finally, cancer, my grandfather decided to end his life at 76. The whole family gathered to watch.
How I Learned to Stop Pretending and Fear the Bomb
Fifteen years after surviving a terrorist attack in Moscow, I finally came to terms with how deeply the experience had affected me.
At Home With the Noonday Demon
The common misperception of religion as a crutch would have us believe that people are faithful because they want to escape the problems of the world and the realities of everyday life. But my faith tells me the importance of staying put.
The Damage Done: Can Distance Between a Mother and Daughter Be the Best Solution?
"The devastation kept me away, but the guilt kept bringing me back, ready for another round."
My Vice Is Hypoglycemia
Type 1 diabetes is physically taxing and its maintenance exhausting, but I've learned to live with my self-afflicting body.