I had my kids in my early 20s, which felt right for me and my husband at the time. We live in New York City, where most ...

No one is required to spend time with people he or she doesn’t care for. But those of us who feel an obligation to shun ...

A lot of people keep bad medical news to themselves or restrict it to a very small circle of confidants. Others just won’t shut up about it. Here’s how this writer handled it.

Legendary sports writer Ralph Moore left family an essay on how he would to be remembered that was found on the eve of his century birthday ...

Author Dave Karczynski on fly fishing, chasing passion, writing and staying still.

Patrick Fealey’s 9,000 word essay in Esquire magazine grabbed the attention of a Narragansett family, who took it upon ...

My immediate family became closer when we moved 4,000 miles away from home, but it's been harder maintaining connections with ...

Disclosing incest abuse to family members is complicated and can be re-traumatizing, yet it is also transformative and ...

My wife “Sandra” and her siblings recently decided to take one of those Ancestry DNA tests for the purpose of starting a ...

Other people might note his alienness and quickly forget it, but I couldn’t unsee it. And because I couldn’t unsee his, I ...