Visits: 32 On a hot day in Ghana, a visit to the spot where 0 degrees longitude meets the Equator. I slept poorly the night before we went to the center of the world. Three a.m. found me wide-awake in …
Honey, Let’s Ditch the Kids
Visits: 22 Some parents of adult children have made the bold choice to forgo family traditions this holiday season. Over the summer Viviane Trinh, 35, received a surprising email from her parents, her mother in her late 60s and her …
A Knock at the Door
Visits: 19 A child looks on as sheriff’s deputies take inventory of her home. “We don’t like having to do this, believe me,” the uniformed man at the door said in a tone that implied he had no strong feelings …
Welcome to the Era of Very Earnest Parenting
Visits: 27 Millennials, guided by influencers like Dr. Becky and the women behind Big Little Feelings, are trying to deal with their children in a new way. A second after the plastic shovel hit my son’s arm, the other boy’s …
How Could I Deny Him Fatherhood?
Visits: 20 He wanted children. I didn’t. What happened next was completely unexpected. When we found out the pregnancy was ectopic and life-threatening, my husband vowed to never ask me to have children again. It had been a 12-year negotiation. …
Redefining the ‘New’ in Lunar New Year
Visits: 67 Hands jostled around a large metal basin, plastic gloves crinkling as they massaged pounds of julienned radish, green onion and a spicy, fragrant paste of red pepper flakes, brined shrimp, ginger and garlic. “This goes so much faster …
Lost in the Froth
Visits: 26 Oh, to have sycophants of one’s own. My husband Bill and I were lying around in bed, reviewing the big blunders made by the second richest man in the world, previously heralded as a genius, now suspected of …
We’re Not Asking for the Moon
Visits: 24 “A lot of us were raised with this mentality of, ‘Find your passion, be happy, the money will follow.’” “I’m in a good place right now, but it probably won’t last.” We Aren’t “I’m confident I’m going to …
Love Letter: Craving Comfort and Connection
Visits: 30 By Charanna Alexander Since the onset of Covid-19, many people have found themselves feeling nostalgic for more certain times. For C Pam Zhang, the writer of this week’s Modern Love essay, her quick cure for heartache, grief and …
Inside America’s Thanksgiving Travel Chaos
Visits: 30 After a record-setting election and record-setting unemployment claims, within a frightening pandemic and between strict diets of misinformation and disinformation, America is ready to have a great meal with loved ones, put our feet up and breathe … …