Life stories

My girlfriend and I don’t have kids, so we constantly hear the same line from my cousin who has four

I worked for four decades with one goal in mind: retire early and finally enjoy a peaceful life after

One Tuesday morning, a woman walked into my salon, and my heart immediately sank. She was trembling

My ex-husband and his wife just had a newborn. My 16-year-old daughter lives with them, and last night

The day my stepmom, Sandra, moved in, she tossed my late mom’s piano like it was trash. She sneered

I was sitting in a café when I noticed the woman at the table next to me. She looked very pregnant—and

Planning the wedding was hard enough, but my future mother-in-law made it even harder. She never had

My mom has systemic lupus, and every so often—especially when we were kids—she’d have flare-ups that

When I ran into an old college friend, she looked stressed and told me she was doing really badly.

Sometimes one “joke” is all it takes to crack something you thought was solid—especially when it’s said

Almost four years after my husband died—leaving me to raise our eight-year-old son alone—I’ve learned

Halfway through the day, I suddenly realized my wedding ring was gone. My stomach dropped. I searched