Families and Family Life

February 11, 2022

Beyond Cool, She Was Fly. Her Confidence Gave Me Wings.

I had no example of love, not for girls that looked like me. Until my cousin Tiffany. I’ve spent my whole life looking for similarities between […]
February 11, 2022

Our Bond Was Thicker Than Blood

No matter how hard I prayed, my father never appeared. But my godfather always did. I was trying to think about the first time I met […]
February 4, 2022

Loving Him More When He Walks Out the Door

A daily reminder of mortality can be more gift than burden. Six weeks after we married, my husband got a phone call from his mother, and […]
October 29, 2021

A Stranger Looked Like My Twin. That Was Just the Beginning.

How a family secret was unraveled by 23andMe. I was asleep when my identity exploded. One Friday morning in 2019, I awoke in Brooklyn to an […]
July 3, 2021

How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee

Since 2008, a South Asian American child has been named a champion at every Scripps National Spelling Bee. Eighth graders aren’t generally known as dictionary aficionados. […]
June 19, 2021

My 70-Year-Old Father Joined Tinder

What seemed like a nightmare scenario turned out to be a new way to bond. Until recently, if you had asked me about the prospect of […]
June 18, 2021

My Sister, My Neighbor

At the height of the pandemic, some siblings decided to move into the same building to create an instant safe bubble. Stephanie Pellicano, 30, spent the […]
May 30, 2021

What We are Looking Forward to This Summer

Ahead of Memorial Day, and the unofficial start of summer, we asked readers to share what they are looking forward to most in the coming months. […]
April 30, 2021

After Vaccination, The Surprise Family Reunion Video

Vaccination recipients surprising family members and filming the results are social media’s latest tear-jerker. Josh Reynolds, who works in tech sales and lives in American Fork, […]
April 30, 2021

After Vaccination, The Surprise Family Reunion Video

Vaccination recipients surprising family members and filming the results are social media’s latest tear-jerker. Josh Reynolds, who works in tech sales and lives in American Fork, […]