When a parent sends a child off to a school setting outside of their own home, it takes effort to get along with a teacher who isn't family. After all, an educator of students also has a personality, a life, skills, and opinions of their own. Just as every student is unique, so is every teacher. If ...
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Gilan lives in Hatay, Turkey with her husband and her son Mihadt. Now a young adult, Mihadt was born with an illness in his liver that required a transplant using a piece of his mother’s liver in the earliest weeks of his life. Since that time, he needs regular testing of his liver function and ...
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My state was just officially declared out of a drought for the first time in six years. That's good news as we approach annual wildfire season. In some parts of town, insurance is now too expensive or unavailable because of fire danger. Some families are moving away and others face the prospect of ...
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Some people say social media is the worst thing to happen to Mother's Day. When we started sharing our private family moments publicly, a change took place while most of us were busy curating filters and comparing fashions. As a result, some women—moms and non-moms—look away until the parade is ...
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When young adults look at their finances and their family history, many decide it's no longer a good idea to bring a baby into the world. Financially speaking, new apartments in our town rent for more than our mortgage payment. The price of eggs puts breakfast wraps out of reach of a lot of ...
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