June 29, 2018

What I Learned About the Heart from a Man Who Lost His

Daisy Hernández has spent the last four years researching Chagas disease, a heart condition afflicting about 7 million people primarily in Latin America. But she has also learned about the heart’s metaphorical condition — and what happens we we stop seeing each other’s hearts.

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June 22, 2018

Suffering Is Both a Barrier and a Bridge

by Kao Kalia Yang

Going through hardships gives us strength in the places we’d never thought to develop, spaces we didn’t know we’d occupy, room to reach beyond ourselves, toward others who are where we had been.

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April 19, 2016

The Unexpected Silence of Waiting Together

by Jane Gross

Waiting for test results in a hospital can be a solitary event. And unexpectedly quiet in certain waiting rooms. Jane Gross on the silent solidarity of women forged while waiting for the results of their mammogram tests each year.

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