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Today marks a year since my wife passed away. But I still find her hair on my sweaters and blankets sometimes. MMT

#2911 (6) - Dec 9, 2009 by missingher - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (3973) - No, that made me sleepy. (85)

Today, I am thankful that my family has acquired enough wealth so that my parents can afford to live in their own house and send me and my siblings to college. But I miss the days when we were younger and were all crammed into a 2 bedroom apartment and forced to play board games and eat supper together. MMT

#2910 (1) - Dec 9, 2009 by buyhappiness - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (1683) - No, that made me sleepy. (51)

Today, my friend told me she didn't mind being legally blind, with only 12% of her vision. She said, "After it rains there's usually a dew left on the grass. And because of the way my eyes refract the light, I see rainbows in the grass." MMT

#2899 (5) - Dec 8, 2009 by blue collar - Happy - Yes, that made me think too! (3559) - No, that made me sleepy. (54)

Today, while we were out at a bar for happy hour, my best friend turned to me and said, "It's funny how quickly our plans change from 'pursuing our dreams and changing the world' to 'getting really freakin' drunk!'" MMT

#2897 (0) - Dec 8, 2009 by abutsreer - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (912) - No, that made me sleepy. (334)

Today I found my dog dead on the side of the road. As I stood there sobbing, a lady stopped, got out of her car and gave me a big hug. She said that she'd been there before and knew how I felt. In one of the saddest moments of my life, I experienced the most random act of kindness. MMT

#2872 (5) - Dec 6, 2009 by smcgl321 - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (2343) - No, that made me sleepy. (74)

Today, as I wiped tears of laughter from my eyes after seeing the ridiculus outfit the goth-punk kid was wearing, I realized that in my old age I had become the person I used to hate. MMT

#2860 (2) - Dec 6, 2009 by Anonymous - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (1782) - No, that made me sleepy. (77)

Today, at a concert in Denver, I saw a husband and wife in their late-70's dancing harder and singing louder than all their younger counterparts. When I told them how great it was that they were still out there partying, the woman just looked at me and said, "Honey... Do it till ya can't do it!" MMT

#2849 (1) - Dec 6, 2009 by freedomishappiness - Inspiring - Yes, that made me think too! (856) - No, that made me sleepy. (52)

Today, I deleted my Facebook account because my past wall posts are starting to ruin my current relationship. MMT

#2847 (3) - Dec 6, 2009 by sysync - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (490) - No, that made me sleepy. (833)

Today, my best friend and I saw my father get arrested while we were watching a 1995 rerun of COPS at 2AM. MMT

#2833 (6) - Dec 4, 2009 by Anonymous - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (1269) - No, that made me sleepy. (138)

Today, after being anorexic for nearly 4 years, I went to the bookstore to look for a book on recovery. Instead all I saw were bookshelves stocked with hundreds of weight loss books, so I skipped dinner instead. MMT

#2823 (15) - Dec 4, 2009 by Hounda - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (3140) - No, that made me sleepy. (216)

Today, as I grasped my mother’s lifeless hand, and cried, I realized I never really hated her after all. MMT

#2807 (3) - Dec 3, 2009 by jesse - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (2259) - No, that made me sleepy. (98)

Today my father was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. This morning, like almost every morning, he gave me a piggyback ride. If I had known it would be the last, I would have asked him to carry me much farther. MMT

#2805 (1) - Dec 3, 2009 by Cheryl - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (2110) - No, that made me sleepy. (48)

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