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Life Stories

Robb (courtesy of Leslie Pietrzyk)

My late husband sent me a sign

Leslie Pietrzyk
Justin Pierce (Gunars Elmuts)

My teenage wasteland

Jill Di Donato
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/aristotoo#93f16f3'>Tarek El Sombati</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

How I joined Mile High Club

Mandy Smith
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/Montreal_Photos#145b5ac2'>Montreal_Photos</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

Why I stayed in the HIV closet

Jamie Brickhouse
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A photo of the author and her father

My father’s medical mystery

N. West Moss
A photo of the author in college

How did I get home last night?

Sarah Hepola
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/gemphotography#14d676b8'>gemphotography</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

My painter with Tourette's

Tamara Ireland Stone
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/CEFutcher#f9d1016'>Christopher Futcher</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

"Just be yourself" is nonsense

Jesse Browner
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Jill and Jessa Duggar (Fox News)

Forgiving my own Josh Duggar

Anonymous
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/rkupbens#1fe08e59'>rkupbens</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

I couldn't pee for nine months

Sam Blum
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-96482p1.html'>Valeri Potapova</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

I will wear a swimsuit one day

Laura Bogart
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1399486p1.html'>Rick Sause Photography</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

I managed a Washington brothel

Michael Merriam
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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-122689p1.html'>JPagetRFPhotos</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

How to know if a dog's in pain

Louise Rafkin
A photo of the author with her family (Elwira Katarzyna Maciejewski)

"Are you the nanny?"

Krystal A. Sital
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1460672p1.html'>Bohbeh</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

My job at an abortion clinic

Amy Beeman
(Showtime/Steven Lippman)

Why do people cheat?

Tracy Clark-Flory
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The writers' room in "30 Rock" (NBC)

Oh men, what you don't know...

Ali Adler
A photo of the author's daughter

My daughter's 23 days as Elsa

Vanessa McGrady

Sexy dad bods are not progress

Rachel Kramer Bussel

George Michael made me go wild

David Crabb
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(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/MARIOS07#e4833f0'>MARIOS07</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Intimacy after sex work

Melissa Petro
(Shutterstock)

All special-needs parents know

Alysia Abbott - DAME
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-587221p1.html'>file404</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Who would hit their kid?

Jillian Lauren
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1053202p1.html'>Premysl</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

His near-death, my doubt

Suzanne Clores
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