My daughter handed me her school progress report. Although it displayed a steady stream of positive check marks, there was one check mark standing dejectedly alone from the rest. “How am I doing, Mom?” my child asked with a level of maturity that did not match the small dishevelled person gazing up at me with […]

READ THIS, IT’S BEAUTIFUL A mother’s fate is to wait for her children. You wait for them while you’re pregnant. You wait for them when they come home from school. You wait for them to return after a night out. You wait as they start their own lives. You wait for them to come home […]

“Being a single parent means getting creative. One Christmas, I grabbed an Uber, met my ex 45 minutes away, and raced back home with my daughter. We had just an hour to unwrap gifts, with the weather threatening to ruin everything. I threw on sleigh bells and an elf costume to make it magical. It […]

A family of Xolos, one of the most ancient dog breeds in the world, originally from what is now Mexico. For Native Americans, they were guardians of the night and the underworld, protectors against evil spirits, companions of wizards and witches, and guides of mortals during difficult times and across the land of the dead. […]

“As I walked home one freezing day, I stumbled on a wallet someone had lost in the street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some identification so I could call the owner. But the wallet contained only three dollars and a crumpled letter that looked as if it had been in there […]