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Life Stories

The Life Stories section features insightful commentary and essays about the human experience from Salon.

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Pop! Vinyl Funkos

This Black Friday, no buying toys for me

Jay Deitcher

Woman drinking alone at a bar

Wait—are all moms "middle-aged" now?

Christine Ma-Kellams

Author's wife and daughter, and Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris' heartbreaking loss

Woman voting on election day

I used to vote with my husband. Not now

S.C. Beckner

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Kamala Harris

Deep canvassing key to bridging our gaps

Greg Harris

A woman facing a cemetery

What owning a cemetery taught me

Sarah Gundle

Trump supporters; Washington D.C.

Invasion of the MAGA body snatchers

Mike Lofgren

Shadow sister

A secret sister, lost and found

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Senior man with hearing aid ear close up

Navigating the grief of hearing loss

Stephen G. Bloom

Dorm Room

All of a sudden, I'm an empty nester

Robin Reiser

Didi

The desirability of "half-Asian Chris"

Tim Walz; Gus Walz

We don't abuse our special needs son

Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Wizard Of Oz; Tornado

My lifelong fascination with tornadoes

Gabriella Ferrigine

Lollapalooza

My first festival ... and panic attack

Gabriella Ferrigine

It Ends With Us

Why did she stay? The same reasons I did

Britt Tisdale

Therapist going on vacation, leaving an empty couch

Help! My therapist is on vacation

Susan Shapiro

Blonde woman dancing in a wheat field

Ballerina Farm & life after pointe shoes

Janine Kovac

Richard Simmons

Richard Simmons helped me move with joy

JoAnna Novak

Lozano Car Wash

Magic half-hours at Lozano Car Wash

Natalie Jabbar

Woman holding a bisexual pride flag

What I wish I'd known about bisexuality

Emma Nadler

Caring father combing little daughter's hair

My dad's unabashed sense of self

Gabriella Ferrigine

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No "Iron Claw" nostalgia for my son

Chris Koslowski

Welsh Countryside

Don't "fall in love" with a destination

Pamela Petro

Multi-tasking mum

Common ground in mothering and writing

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