Category Archives: Essays

What It’s Like To Be Fat–For Me

 A Guest Post By Erica Harreveld (Disclosure:  The post “What It’s Like To Be Fat–For Me” was written by my daughter and originally appeared on the blog “Ummmerica:  My Thoughts About Stuff.”  It is posted here with permission.) Hey y’all, it’s me, your fun-loving and carefree friend Erica. But wait…did you also know that your friend Erica is fat? This is the… Read more »

Victoria’s Secret Revealed

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teamhellions.com Friends, next time you drag yourself to the mall (and I suspect that you will be making several trips there in the coming weeks as there is no denying that the holiday season is upon us) I want you to pay close attention to one thing:  the men sitting on the benches outside Victoria’s Secret. Seriously, have you ever looked… Read more »

Two More Suicides: An Open Letter to My Daughters

 Adrienne’s College Graduation Day from Duke University, Mother’s Day 2014 My girls, I love you so much. As you both know, there were two separate suicides this past weekend involving Duke University students. I cannot begin to understand why this keeps happening. I do not know these kids. Agee, I know you knew one of them and I am very… Read more »

The Passing of Time is a Beautiful Gift

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I don’t want my baby girl to ever know that after I said goodbye to her and I watched as she walked along the ivy-covered gates back to her dorm room, I cried uncontrollably. Even though I had already decided to stay in the city for nine days so that I could make sure she was settled, I don’t want… Read more »

But He WAS Getting Help and He Did it Anyway: How What I Learned from My Friend’s Suicide is Helping Me Cope with Robin Williams’ Death

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It’s so ironic to me that my last post was about a definitive movie from my daughters’ childhood and how that movie helped me decide to peel back my layers and write about things that really matter to me.  I mentioned that one of my upcoming posts would be about my friend’s suicide.  All day today another quote from a different movie… Read more »