Tay-Sachs couldn’t break us: My story of sex, love and grief
Losing a child took so many things away from me and my husband. But we wouldn't let it take this
Friday, Mar 11, 2016 11:00 PM UTC 0Life Life stories, Editor's Pick
Losing a child took so many things away from me and my husband. But we wouldn't let it take this
Friday, Mar 11, 2016 11:00 PM UTC 0This relationship between a living person and a character is an ineffable thing, but the sorrow I felt was real
Thursday, Mar 10, 2016 11:59 PM UTC 0"Since my daughter’s birth, I carry emotional instability like a spore in my head, latent, but ready to sprout"
Wednesday, Mar 9, 2016 12:00 AM UTC 0"I lived alone for almost a decade, but I never actually felt alone until I had children."
Sunday, Mar 6, 2016 12:30 AM UTC 0I thought catfishing was a young person's phenomenon. Then I met an elderly man whose story literally didn't add up
Saturday, Mar 5, 2016 12:00 AM UTC 0I don't want to live in Angry, Stupid America. But a Trump nomination would force us all to get serious and fight
Thursday, Mar 3, 2016 6:16 PM UTC 0As a young woman, I idealized Bill but scorned Hillary's supporters; at 43, I see this preference for what it was
Thursday, Mar 3, 2016 12:00 AM UTC 0I'm interested in the ways that (some) women victimize men; that doesn't mean I'm not a feminist
Sunday, Feb 28, 2016 12:30 AM UTC 0I clerked for Scalia, certain he prized reason. From our leather chairs, we never saw the lives his rulings gutted
Saturday, Feb 27, 2016 1:00 PM UTC 0If it seems inappropriate to score quick fulfillment from a cuddle with a potential adoptee, that's because it is
Tuesday, Feb 23, 2016 11:58 PM UTC 0"We’re an army of unmanned drones, piloting our libido through the ether"
Monday, Feb 22, 2016 12:30 AM UTC 0My sister was the one to care about clothes. After she died, I began to notice how little we do to signal our grief
Sunday, Feb 21, 2016 11:30 PM UTC 0I asked how she already knew I was gay when I hadn't told her. "Darling, listen to yourself," she said.
Saturday, Feb 20, 2016 11:00 PM UTC 0When a public figure we loathe dies, we're expected to observe a certain level of decorum. Here's why that's wrong
Friday, Feb 19, 2016 12:00 AM UTC 0If I'd known I was pregnant, I surely would have been a teetotalling, anxious, paranoid nervous wreck. Oh well
Tuesday, Feb 16, 2016 12:00 AM UTC 0For a decade, I felt like I'd die if I didn't publish my novel. Then my doctor delivered some interesting news
Monday, Feb 15, 2016 12:30 AM UTC 0We assume we're uniquely suited to serve our children’s needs. I found out the hard way this isn't always true
Sunday, Feb 14, 2016 12:00 AM UTC 0When I say I'm a writer, people yawn; when I tell them I'm an erotica writer, they assume I'm on my way to an orgy
Monday, Feb 8, 2016 12:30 AM UTC 0I used to think the EWG was my ally when it came to knowing what to feed my kids -- now I know better
Sunday, Feb 7, 2016 12:29 AM UTC 0Growing up, silence meant anger. I vowed to do things differently with my own daughter, but have I gone too far?
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