A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke. I am in my pajamas, watching a Netflix documentary […]
A growing number of Americans are choosing not to have children. Their parents are grappling with what that means for them. Lydia Birk, 56, has held […]
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Not-So-Secret Ingredient I eat an egg, over-easy, every morning. In the summer, I […]
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My mother’s second husband wasn’t supposed to die before she did. And neither was I. The day after Thanksgiving, my mother called, worried I was going […]
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It was as if someone was saying to us, “You are seen. You are loved.” The doorbell rang one mid-December evening. I frequently had unexpected visitors […]
Mark Kuhn is hunched over, one knee on the ground, pulling dandelions from an otherwise immaculate lawn. With a small, serrated blade, he carefully carves tiny […]