Tag: parenting

When people hear about couples’ counseling, they usually think about couples that are trying to make their relationship work but are struggling, and that the goal of such counseling is to save the marriage or relationship and that if one decides to get divorced it is a failure. In recent posts I already knocked that notion, that divorcing isn’t a failure and counseling doesn’t fail if divorce

Being ill can get expensive, and when your illness is a chronic one, this is an expense that won’t ever go away. I have some dear friends with chronic illnesses, and therefore I really appreciate these tips sent from a reader as to how to live frugally with a chronic illness.

As if both your physical and emotional stress wasn’t enough, when you go through life with a chronic illness, you

You ever hear about something on the internet and it sounds so incredibly wacky and bizarre that you just have to try it to see if it works? Sometimes it comes out amazingly well (like cauliflower alfredo sauce) and sometimes it comes out so incredibly vile (like those cauliflower lemon bars, don’t even ask).
A few weeks ago in a vegan eating Facebook group, I saw someone post about imitation

I have been making sticky honey garlic chicken wings for years already, but I never actually followed a recipe and just winged it every time. It has to be up there among my favorite ways to eat chicken wings, if not my absolute favorite. After yet again deciding to make it and people asking me how I did it, I decided to finally write down my recipe.
It’s pretty flexible, you can use whatever

Sorry I haven’t posted so much recently. I’m still here. I’m just… having a bit of a hard time lately, and its hard to find time to focus to write. So much going on in my life making me stressed out, making me not have the energy to do beyond the bare minimum right now.I’ll be back.Hopefully soon.Please be patient with me.Thanks,Penny

Hospitals across the United States are holding honor walks to show respect to patients at the end of life who are donating organs to others.

This year’s Modern Love college essay contest expands by going small and seeking all the (tiny) love that’s fit to print.

On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Hotel Mumbai” actress reads an essay about the limits of care.

The college admission scandal and a lawsuit charging admissions discrimination at Harvard have special resonance for families like mine, where parents sacrifice so much for their children’s opportunities.

I told my client: You can have compassion without forgiving. There are many ways to move on, and pretending to feel a certain way isn’t one of them.