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I'm 27, married with two children. I currently live in Minnesota by way of Kansas, Colorado, Indiana, and Texas. I work full time for a large family practice clinic, haggling with insurance companies and making excuses for the outrageous costs of health care-if

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Uncontrollable feelings: 5 of 167

Tell thoughts of you to go away Please make my pain take flight. Remove from me this burden, Return my world to bright. Tell unshed tears to stay themselves, Please help my heart to mend. Tell me you don't love me. Tell me it's the end. Hold me in your shaking arms, Feel mine tremble, too. Take the stars out of my eyes And k...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle in life: 15 of 383

He came between me and my mama, but so quietly that she never knew. She smiled and called us a family,and when he smiled, I smiled too. She never saw the tears in my eyes, or the pain in my heart; and she saw through his lies. She'd never have guessed that cried for so many hours... Because he brought my mama flowers. He bro...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Birth stories: 24 of 209

I love birth stories. I love to read or listen attentively, all the while itching for MY turn to tell MY story. It was five years ago, and while many, more recent, memories have faded, this one burns brighter everyday, and is one I'll always cherish. My pregnancy was not an easy one; riddled with gestational diabetes, low am...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Strangers: 1 of 6

There's an old man sitting on an old park bench, Watching the birds who are watching him. And I wouldn't think anything's different bout him, But he's been there for two days and a week before them. People walk by and they try not to see What a horrible life that could come to be...for them. And I'm sure this old man has a s...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Death of a parent: 40 of 169

Dear Mommy, I'm starting school today! I wish you weren't so far away. What if nobody likes me there? What if the teacher doesn't care? Daddy misses you, Mommy, and so do I. I get scared sometimes when I hear him cry. But when we're together, he tries not to fuss Mommy, why can't you come back to us? Dear Mom, I became a wom...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Why I play role-playing games: 15 of 52

I have a bit of an addictive personality. There are plenty of things that I LOVE to do. I love to read. I love to scrapbook. I love to cook. I love to play games. Any kind of game, really. I grew up playing games with my parents, my cousins, my friends...anyone with a deck of cards would do, really. My husband doesn't posses...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Losing love: 177 of 269

Tears that fall that hath no reason Change did come before the season Love I thought I knew I wanted Dreams I had that now are haunted Wishes thought to be unspoken Self made promises were broken Life imagined now lies shattered Life that happened never mattered Only silent words are true Though no lie was told to you For th...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Secret love: 19 of 28

You play a song about the wrong choice. I hear the passion that's in your voice, As you sing about the girl you love but you can't have. Sitting in the front row, I'm praying my tears don't show, As I listen to the words I've longed to hear so bad. Is there a chance? Is it real? Are you trying to tell me how you feel? Am I t...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Holding on: 25 of 35

And still we're here And still we try Although sometimes I wonder why And still someday, I dream we'll find A way to be together even when I hurt and I cry and we swear that it's the end And still we're here And still we try And still
Personal Finance > Health Insurance Health insurance claims: Resolving a dispute in your favor can be simple: 6 of 7

The easiest way to resolve a claims dispute is to know what your benefits are to begin with. Find out why the claim was denied. Are you still covered by that insurance? Did you go to an office out of your network? Did you need a referral? If you've ever called and had to wait on hold forever, you know that insurance companie...