I Lied To My Family About My Vote For President In 2016. What Will Happen When I Tell The Truth?
I received the text on Election Day 2016.
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My Mom Said 7 Cryptic Words To Me On Her Deathbed. Here's What I Finally Realized As I Got Closer To My Own.
“I don’t want to be a gork,” I say from my hospital bed, clutching the arm of Josh, my youngest. At 42, his curls are going gray.
I Never Wanted Children. Then I Got Pregnant With Twins At 53.
I had twins at the age of 53.
6 Of The Most Common Arguments Adult Children Have With Their Parents
Parents and children are likely to bump heads from time to time, whether the relationship is strong or strained. But the arguments between parents and their young kids are typically different from the ones between parents and adult children.
My Mom's Support For Trump Divided Our Family. Then I Found The Crack In Her MAGA Armor.
The Trump presidency divided my family. The “Trump Effect,” as I called it, infected us shortly after he descended into the lobby of Trump Tower to announce his presidential candidacy. It ended seven years later, around my kitchen table, with three generations of my mother’s progeny mowing their way through Italian takeout. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
People Who Went No-Contact With Their Parents Are Revealing The 'Final Straw' Moment That Led To Their Decision, And I Have No Words
Warning: This post contains mentions of abuse.
My Father Narrowly Escaped The Nazis. Here's What I Learned While Helping Him Die.
This man is a survivor, I kept telling myself, despite all evidence to the contrary. His face was gaunt, cheeks pale, hair threadbare from the most recent rounds of chemo. They had removed the lower left half of his jaw, searching for remnants of the disease, and his mouth hung slack and uneven. Even so, he kept trying to smile, to lighten the mood. His brown eyes danced when no other part of him could.
Grandparents Are Getting Older, On Average. Here's Why That Matters.
Kathy L. is a 46-year-old mother of three in North Carolina. Five years ago, she moved her family back to her hometown in order to help care for her aging parents, but for the past year and a half, the family has devoted significant time and resources to caring for her husband’s aunt, who has dementia. Her children were ages 15, 11 and 9 when the aunt came to live with them last summer.