I never had a dog growing up. In fact, I’ve only had a dog in my life for the past two years. Although Lucy, our cockapoo, was a present for my husband who grew up with and loves dogs, he is the first ...

I love my body. This doesn't mean I am always kind, patient, fair or loving to my body because that's not how love works. We can love something and still get annoyed by it from time to time. We can ...

Winter was raised in Evanston, Illinois, and lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her husband and two part-time roommates also known as her sons. She is the author of MORE: A Memoir of Open Marriage ...

My love for you is something that I can't even begin to accurately describe in words. Trust me, I have tried to understand how to describe your love for someone. Tried to put words to the madness. To ...

I have a confession. At the weight I’m currently at, belly fat sits on my bladder, and it easily gets inflamed. This started happening when I was 24, after my first adult weight gain, and I went to a ...

Many teachers talk about loving their students. In fact, I have made bold announcements to everyone—from my colleagues to my friends and family—about loving my students every year that I have taught.

I had lost faith in the universe — until an apparition of my smiling, 16-year-old late ex-boyfriend appeared. By Mara Chadnick My husband was unbothered when I mentioned that my first love’s ghost ...

Gummere writes essays and memoir. She divides her time between the mountains of North Carolina and the Carolina Coast. The phone call from my daughter in North Carolina came at six o’clock in the ...

With every birthday through my late 30s and into my 40s there's been a growing relief. Each passing year brings fewer occasions to contend with the dreaded question: "Are you going to have kids? No?

I never had a dog growing up. In fact, I’ve only had a dog in my life for the past two years. Although Lucy, our cockapoo, was a present for my husband who grew up with and loves dogs, he is the first ...