Abandonment - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/abandonment en Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:00:16 -0400 <![CDATA[It Happened to Me: My Mother Left Us]]>

I was terrified of becoming a mother because I thought that I would also leave my kids.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/mother-missing-action http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/mother-missing-action It Happened To Me Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:00:16 -0400 Nam Kiwanuka <![CDATA[Shouting Out My Sorta Father Figure ]]>

I'm softening on the whole "you should call your long lost father" thing because my greatest uncle just died.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/family/shouting-out-my-sorta-father-figure http://www.xojane.com/family/shouting-out-my-sorta-father-figure Family Drama Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:30:21 -0400 Helena <![CDATA[Crowd Sourcing Major Life Decisions: Should I Call My "Dad" Edition?]]>

Actually meeting him or having a conversation with him would, in my mind, solidify the fact that I'm a 31-year-old woman who's never met her father.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/family/crowd-sourcing-major-life-decisions-should-i-call-my-dad-edition http://www.xojane.com/family/crowd-sourcing-major-life-decisions-should-i-call-my-dad-edition Family Drama Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:32 -0400 Helena <![CDATA["An American Tail" Always Reminds Me Of That Time I Was Kidnapped ]]>

To this day I can't listen to Peabo Bryson's baritone without thinking about love and loss and little mice. Oh, and also my own twisted chilhood.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/family/nostalgia-reality-check-american-tail http://www.xojane.com/family/nostalgia-reality-check-american-tail Family Drama Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:11 -0500 Helena