Personal Essay | National Sisters Day
(Content note: this essay will discuss the death of a child. Y’all remember how Finding Nemo started out with ten minutes of
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August 2, 2020
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Kindness Matters | National Donor Day
Valentine’s Day is also National Donor Day, so we’re celebrating the loving gifts of organ, tissue, bone marrow, blood &
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February 13, 2018
Personal Essays | My Body: The Struggle Within
I homeschool my son, which works very well for me because a lot of my time is spent in my pajamas. Occasionally, though, we
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August 17, 2017
Personal Essays | You are Seven of Nine
Making friends is not my strong suit. I like to live on the edge of things, watching and thinking, only occasionally
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August 9, 2017
Letter from the Editor | #8 “This Was Going to Be About Something Else”
Dear Sweatpants & Coffee Tribe, It’s been a while, huh? We have some catching up to do. I wasn’t going to write about
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June 7, 2017
Sweatpants & Sanity | The Space Between: Cancer and Your Mental Health
IAt 35, I never thought I’d write “I’m suicidal” on an intake form at an oncologist’s office. I had never been seriously
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March 14, 2017
Sweatpants & Pop Culture | A Monster Calls – Interview with Liam Neeson, J.A. Bayona and Patrick Ness
By Lesley Gayle A Monster Calls, starring Lewis MacDougall and Liam Neeson as the monster, is a beautiful and emotional
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December 26, 2016
Sweatpants & Beauty | Beauty Products for Badass Cancer Warriors
Sweatpants & Coffee's resident beauty expert offers tips and product recommendations for those fighting cancer.
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October 20, 2016
Two Weeks : A Reflection
By Diane Dean-Epps Some people are connectors, some people are splitters, and some people are adapters. No, this isn’t the
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December 21, 2015
Firestorm
by Lisa Pawlak The same morning my world was set ablaze, I slept in, peacefully, eventually waking up to the sound of my
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June 7, 2015
