My sister and I searched for clues in our mother’s desk — and in her life — for why she left us and this world.
We had no future together, so why not fall completely in love?
And soon after, I told both of my parents who I really am.
Nearing 40, I decided to separate dating from mating.
When a former stripper marries a future minister, she goes silent about her past — for a while.
In these turbulent times, are the kids … all right? If you’re in college, tell us what love is like for you today. (Maybe it’s good?)
Read the official rules to the Modern Love column’s sixth college essay contest.
Peter taught me to laugh at fate as we lived our dream. At least for a while.
After a lifetime of dating white men, I hoped a new romance could offer a chance at love, and at embracing my own Blackness.
I thought the open relationship was the problem. But it was me.