Question: How do you get over it? Answer: You don't. You don't want to. It makes you who you are. Sean Murphy lost his mother days after her fifty-ninth birthday, following a five-year battle with cancer. In this eloquent memoir, he explores his family history through the context of grief, compassion, faith, and the cultivation of an artistic sensibility. Unfolding in a range of voices, brutal and tender in its portrayal of terminal illness, Please Talk about Me When I'm Gone is an unyielding love story, in which devotion and memory are capable of transcending death. I will be serializing this memoir with a new chapter twice a week, on Friday and Sunday.

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Sabi nila, pag nag bilang ka raw ng siyam na bituin sa loob ng siyam na araw at sinabi mo ang hiling mo, magkakatotoo raw ito. Ang hirap maniwala sa mga pamahiin na 'yan, pero wala naman masama kung susubukan 'di ba? Malay natin magkatotoo ang hiling ko na sana....magustuhan mo rin ako.

Timi is used to having all the boys wrapped around her little fingers. Sanay na sanay na siyang nakukuha ang atensyon ng mga 'to. After all, she's both beauty and brains . But then she meet, Ice--the transfer student and the new vocalist of their school band, Endless Miracle. Talaga nga namang masyado nitong pinanindigan ang pangalan niya dahil sing lamig din ng yelo kung pakitunguhan niya si Timi. That hurts Timi's pride so she took him as a challenge. She will do everything to make Ice fall for her. Little did she know, she will get the biggest lesson of her life. Kung paglalaruan mo ang pag-ibig, hindi ikaw ang palaging panalo. Darating ang panahon na makakahanap ka ng katapat mo na magpapatumba sa lahat ng paniniwala mo.

They were never supposed to fall in love. In fact, they were probably never even supposed to meet. But life does that sometimes; it brings you someone who unexpectedly turns your world upside down. For Ella, it all began on the last day of summer, in a small bakery on the edge of town. With three teenage boys, a plastic knife and a rocketship birthday cake. lol I'm not dead guys

May forever nga ba? O dapat na natin itigil ang kahibangan sa paniniwala sa salitang 'yan?

Katherine Elizabeth Dione is a typical 12 year old girl. Darren Espanto is NOT a regular 13 year old boy. He is the most popular boy in school. What will happen when Darren and Katherine have to survive their final year in Broadview Elementary School sitting beside eachother? Will it be one year of quiet glares or will this year be the most romantic year of their life leaving the past behind them?

We hope you'll be inspired, shocked, amused, and touched by this selection of letters from the DearTeenMe.com website. 'How awesome would it be if authors wrote letters to their teen selves?' A year and a half later, you can pick up DEAR TEEN ME from Zest Books, read more on the website, or just kick back and enjoy the selection we'll be posting here. Co-curators: E. Kristin Anderson and Priya Chand. The individual letters are property of the contributing authors. We can't guarantee your head won't explode from the mix of angst and excitement, but you *will* enjoy the ride.

"Paano ako mag mo-move-on kung nasanay na akong lagi siyang nasa tabi ko? Paano ko kakalimutan ang nakaraan kung pati yung future na binubuo ko ay kasama siya?"