Wishing for a World without Suicide

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Certainly by know you’ve heard that co-founder of Reddit, creator of the RSS feed at age 14, and Internet activist Aaron Swartz, committed suicide. The news hit me hard, as news of people committing suicide always does. Especially young people. It was the same week that I dug into Amanda Todd’s story. If you have time, watch [...]

My Body Propels Me (Still)

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Throughout my childhood (in cold Minnesota weather, no less) I was an active kid. I lived across the street from a huge park and it was back in the day when we would leave the house for the day and only come back for food. There was a public recreation center, a playground and a wading [...]