Visits: 25 A reader’s feelings are hurt after offering to fly to celebrate her sister’s 70th birthday only to be told not to bother, as “all her family” would be there. My sister and I live in different parts of …
Three Powerful Lessons About Love
Visits: 8 Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg and Paula Szuchman and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘Working on the column for all these years has given me touchstones and tools to be able to navigate difficult times in …
At Camp Naru, Nobody Is ‘an Outlier’
Visits: 23 On Camp Naru’s sprawling 640-acre campus, each day started with conversations about the Korean American experience. Campers then participated in activities like taekwondo and cooking authentic Korean dishes. Chloe Kim, the Korean American snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold …
The Radical Act of Eating With Strangers
Visits: 25 The Bright Side is a series about how optimism works in our minds and affects the world around us. Julieanna Stolley showed up 15 minutes early to Anita Michaud’s party. It was too soon to arrive, she decided, …
At This Indian Wrestling Academy, Young Women Find Freedom and Hope
Visits: 30 As the winter sun ascends over a mustard farm, pale orange bleeding into sharp yellow, a line of 36 girls all dressed alike — T-shirts, track pants, crew cuts — emerges into an open field, rubbing sleep from …
At This Mexican Restaurant, Everyone is Family
Visits: 21 When Ivy Berubes, 22, orders a Shirley Temple at the Sarapes Mexican Restaurant bar, they make it for her even though it’s not on the menu. The menu also doesn’t list “The Tommy Bowl” — a deconstructed burrito …
The Magic of Your First Car
Visits: 21 The ability to get behind the wheel of a car for the first time and go anywhere is a distinct American rite of passage. For many young people, their first car grants them a freedom to explore their …
In This Nigerian Market, Young Women Find a Place of Their Own
Visits: 26 At the bustling Yaba Market in Lagos, Nigeria, there is something for everyone. Chatter rises from the traders, whose stalls sprawl over miles of cracked gray concrete and packed earth. They might be selling baskets of fresh fruit, …
A Web Between Her Body and Mine
Visits: 20 For decades we connected nearly every day. One terrible moment changed all that. The nurse had to unwrap the bandages that were holding the skin grafts in place in order for Miriam to use the bathroom. I had …
Masks Protect Against Covid—and Awkward Social Situations
Visits: 27 Julianne Kassidy had one ex she definitely didn’t want to run into. (Don’t we all?) In late October, it had almost been a year since Ms. Kassidy, 20, a college student in Los Angeles, had last seen this …