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Recalling Painful Lessons in Forgiveness

27/10/2013 1 2 3 4 5

It is so perilous to love people because eventually you will hurt them.

Learning to Lean In Together

20/10/2013 1 2 3 4 5

I had found a man who liked taking care of me yet I couldn’t accept his support, opting to lie awake nights crunching numbers in my head.

A Husband Lost, a Daughter Found

13/10/2013 1 2 3 4 5

Becoming a widow and then a mother, in that order, isn’t how I pictured my 30-something life unfolding.

A Feminist’s Daughter Finds Love in the Kitchen

03/10/2013 1 2 3 4 5

A child’s expression of admiration for her mother is food for thought.

Rallying to Keep the Game Alive

29/09/2013 1 2 3 4 5

We still played to win, but now we could feel joy for the other.

The Messy-Kitchen, Parking-Spot War

22/09/2013 1 2 3 4 5

Not wanting to be like my mother, I let my college-age daughter and her boyfriend live with me without any rules. That was a mistake.

Age Is No Obstacle to Love, or Adventure

12/09/2013 1 2 3 4 5

What astonished us was that the electricity we generated was as strong and compelling as love had been 50 years before, that it scrambled the brain every bit as much.

Chained to the Hearth or Warmed by It?

08/09/2013 1 2 3 4 5

My husband, Chris, and I had made a clear agreement regarding child rearing. But reality played out very differently.

Just Holding on Through the Curves

01/09/2013 1 2 3 4 5

As I became involved with one young woman, I learned how profoundly the child welfare system could fail its teenagers.

Picking Up the Scent on the Road to Bliss

25/08/2013 1 2 3 4 5

Life lessons that only a four-footed friend can teach.