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December 17, 2020 Family / Healing

Out of Darkness Through Music

By Bryan Clinthorne Bryan shares a short audio story (transcript available) about the darkest days in his life, and his

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December 8, 2020 Family / Healing / Pandemic

A Year Alone

By Sidney Richardson The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it significant changes to nearly every aspect of life in 2020.

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November 12, 2020 Acceptance / Healing / Identity

Hair, Wigs, Embracing Baldness

By Brynn Wooten This is Reece Wooten’s story. I got my first bald spot when I was 14 years old,

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July 21, 2020 Community stories / Family / Healing / Immigration / Religion / Suburban

Mexican, Spanish, Super Mexican…

By Page Gardner Vanessa Rodriguez showed me around her home, pointing at different decor and specifying, “this is Mexican,” “this

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July 14, 2020 Community stories / Family / Healing / Immigration

“People Die”: Memories of War

By Nicole Morsfield Immigration is no singular experience. To some, it’s carrying baskets of clothing up and down 30 floors

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July 7, 2020 Family / Healing / Immigration

Acculturative Stress and Immigration

By Anthony Dombrowski We all have an immigrant story. Every family has a different and unique story about their history

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January 30, 2020 Acceptance / Healing / Identity

Hair Story

By Sheryl Ruszkiewicz* I was first diagnosed with Alopecia areata at the beginning of fifth grade, right before picture day.

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October 9, 2019 Ability / Healing

Waiting for Kidney Health

By Trevor Tyle This story was previously published in the Oakland Post on Sept. 18, 2019. OU alum hopes for

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October 1, 2019 Ability / Healing

Living with Bipolar Disorder

DJ Terry interviewed Oakland University then-senior, Simon Albaugh, about his experience living with bipolar disorder and how it shows up

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July 23, 2019 Healing

But You Look Fine

Living with Crohn’s: Not all health issues are visible By Nicole Morsfield Prom and graduation parties are on the agenda of

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