It's 1981 and I'm a junior in college. I've just transferred from our large state university to one in the city. This story tells about my first few weeks there.

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My younger son graduates with his masters in acting and is moving to LA to give his dream of performing for a living a chance. This is the story.

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https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/it-makes-you-happy

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Although I have vague memories of painting as a kid, I have painted only once as an adult. It happens when a co-worker gives to me as a gift, a night of painting. This is the story.

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https://uppbeat.io/t/monument-music/kids-story

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My older son attends a semester long program approximately 3,000 from home and suffers a broken jaw during his time there. This is the story.

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https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/magic-light

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My husband and I are going to Aruba, and I get really annoyed with him when we get to the security lines at the airport. This is the story.

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When my younger son, who has always lived close to home, decides to go to graduate school a full day's car ride away, I have a very hard time saying goodbye to him. This is the story.

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Husband Number One is now traveling to three different countries for three different projects, so I honestly don't know where he is most of the time. And when we have a family emergency and I can't reach him, I get really annoyed.

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The listeners who know me, and the ones who don't but have been listening to my podcast for a while, know that I was very unhappy in my fist marriage. But it's not until this particular couple comes to visit us that I realize how unhappy I really am.

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