Life can be ridiculous, one survivor writes. Just over a year ago, I learned I have a very rare, aggressive form of soft-tissue sarcoma that metastasized after treatment. Phyllodes tumor is so rare ...

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After receiving a stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis, one woman taps into her sense of humor — and turns that into a book. In the middle of the night, in October 2018, Kelly Fosso Rodenberg awoke to what ...

Emojis have become part of everyday life and our vocabulary, with many people relying on them heavily as a form of communication. In-jokes, subtle references and even NSFW words are now expressed via ...

The top five favorite emoji in the United States include (face with tears of joy), (thumbs up), ️ (red heart), 藍 (rolling on the floor laughing face), and (crying face), according to Adobe's 2022 ...

Last night my 21-year-old daughter, who goes to college in another state, texted me a skull 💀 emoji followed by a crying emoji 😭. It was a strange response to a photo I sent earlier that day. (For ...

Emojis were created to convey thoughts more easily — but they seem more confusing than ever. Texting someone your age or older is fairly straightforward. Texting a teen on the other hand? We can ...