Mother’s Day

May 10, 2024

A Shattering Secret on the Path to Motherhood

My doctor asked a routine question that led to a marital crisis. “Has your husband ever gotten anyone pregnant before?” my doctor asked. We were trying […]
May 8, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Does My Grandma Need to Know I’m Gay?

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang and Jen Poyant, Davis Land and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify| Amazon Music “I said [to my abuela], ‘I’m […]
May 13, 2023

Gone Are ‘Daddy’ Days. These Are ‘Mother’ Times.

Online, practically every famous woman is “mother,” a term with deep ties to the L.G.B.T.Q. ballroom community. To many people on the internet, the actress Toni […]
May 9, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Missed My Children, but I Needed My Mom’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Carrying Me Through In the winter of my 40th year, I received a […]
May 7, 2021

Doing ‘The Washing Machine’ With My 84-Year-Old Mother

How a ridiculous dance — several, actually — kept us connected through Covid. When I see my mother on the screen holding her hot-pink, one-pound dumbbells, […]
May 11, 2019

The Look: A Mother’s Clock

Time follows no standard when you become a parent.