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You take me back To a time and place That I do not want to be That I do not want to face That is my worst enemy Where...

When is the best time to admit to a deep desire to own a cape? A desire so strong, you have to pursue the...

In the beginning I was a painfully shy, embarrassingly awkward, and endlessly imaginative little toothpick of a boy who was completely unaware of the...

As a young girl, I distinctly remember my mother’s toolbox. It was a large black box that held a variety of helpful tools—a hammer,...

I watch the young man, shivering, curled up in a ball at the end of the couch I'm sitting on. You hear about addiction,...

“This is Sparta!” If you have ever seen the movie 300, then you know that these epic words were spoken by one King Leonidas....

Some people may think that to win the fight against kidney disease requires a transplant, or they might invest their hope in the much...

“From the neck up is where you win or lose the battle. It's the art of war. You have to lock yourself in and...

Few people are born warriors. Most often, those called to battle are ordinary commoners forged into fierce combatants by the fires of tribulation. The...

Welcome to Kidney 411! You’ve been involuntarily signed up for this life-long course because your kidneys have decided to slack off or generally cause...

My name, Ferris, means iron, and after eight major surgeries in ten years my friends call me the “Iron Warrior.” The surgeries included five...