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The first sign that our family camping trip was a bad idea was that my husband and I were fighting. Although he was a rugged outdoorsman who took frequent solo kayaking expeditions in the wilderness, he hated dragging our two kids into the woods in the peak of summer heat…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Phillip Cook. It has been edited for length and clarity.A physicist or a mathematician might argue with me, but I believe chemistry is the best way to understand how the world works. Once you understand atoms, the underpinnings of the world…
People ask how I raised an Olympic champion. They expect stories about hiring private coaches, driving to competitions across the country, and arranging my life around the sport she loved.But the goal, for my husband and me, was to raise a happy, well-rounded, capable daughter with the good judgment to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cara Torchia, a 25-year-old actor and UGC creator based in New York City. The following has been edited for length and clarity.In four months, I went from earning nothing from freelance user-generated content (UGC) work to fully supporting myself, which allowed…
For our daughter’s first birthday, my husband and I flew to Malaga, Spain, with our almost-1-year-old, my mom, my dad, my mother-in-law, and two family friends. We were a group of eight, all traveling together and sharing a four-bedroom, three-bathroom Airbnb for a week of sightseeing and celebrating.As a travel…
My mother and father, ages 95 and 90, respectively, are proud to still live in their own home.They enjoy a peaceful lifestyle that revolves around simple meals, afternoon trips into the English countryside, and reading the newspaper.However, their health has inevitably declined. Dad has had a particularly hard year so…
I’ve been saying I don’t want kids since I was a kid myself. In fact, as I got older, I became convinced I didn’t even like being around them.It wasn’t something I ever had to think twice about in my 20s, but since entering my 30s, it feels impossible to…
Before I became a mother, I thought ambition meant saying yes.Yes to another assignment, even if the pay was mediocre. Yes to the meeting that probably could have been an email. Yes to the opportunity that sounded impressive, even when it wasn’t especially interesting. I wanted the byline, the invitation,…
I loved the colorful, artsy town of Kinsale.Nishtha ChaudharyI spent a year living in Dublin and traveling across Ireland as a student.During that time, four spots — including Howth and Kinsale — stood out to me as must-visit places.However, I found Blarney Gardens and the Cliffs of Moher a bit…
My 78-year-old dad has had a 15-year love affair with Paris. Every summer like clockwork, he and my stepmom escape their New England home and make their annual pilgrimage to the French capital.Even though my older sister and I have done our fair share of our own adventures, we had…
