EST. 2026
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Vol. I / No. 1799
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unspoken love

Family Aug 6, 2026

Her mother has dementia. She has been writing weekly letters to the version of her mother who is no longer available, for nine years.

A woman in Ann Arbor has, for the past nine years, been quietly writing weekly letters to the specific version of her mother that her mother's dementia has taken. Her mother is still alive. She has…
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Parenting Jul 28, 2026

For nineteen years, he has been secretly reading every book his daughter reads. She has just found out.

A father in Albuquerque has, since his daughter was five years old, been secretly reading every book she reads — approximately 1,400 books over nineteen years. She discovered the practice in June. She has, in the…
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