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I have four sisters and one brother, and I have always shared a great bond with my siblings. Loading audio narration… Despite significant age gaps (four of us are Gen X and two are Millennials), and the fact that we live in different time zones with demanding careers, we remain…
My husband, Trent, and I are seasoned travelers. Loading audio narration… We’ve hiked, kayaked, biked, and even snorkeled in roughly half the national parks, and we’ve taken monthlong trips to countries such as Italy and Germany. We’ve camped, we’ve traveled with friends, we’ve done theme parks and all-inclusive resorts —…
Turning 40 is a milestone that inevitably inspires introspection. Loading audio narration… In the months leading up to my 40th birthday, my wife and I found ourselves at a personal and professional crossroads.The price of day care in our Providence, Rhode Island, suburb would cost more than our mortgage, meaning…
I threw out the Google Home device we kept in the kitchen on a whim. It was simply an off day. I was trying to get dinner going, and I kept asking Google to turn the volume down. But when it was unresponsive too many times, it went straight to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Heather Schoonover, owner of Painting With a Twist in Boise. It has been edited for length and clarity.Three years ago, my husband Levi got a call from family. His uncle had died, and the family was preparing to sell his business,…
In 2023, Lin Koh, her husband, and their two young children moved from Santa Clara, California, to France to help care for her husband’s mother, who lives in France and has Alzheimer’s.”We were observing her decline, and we made the call,” Koh told Business Insider. The Bay Area’s high cost…
I grew up in Los Angeles — Studio City, to be exact. My father was the chief audio engineer at NBC Burbank for 38 years. I met the stars he put on the air — Dinah Shore, Bob Hope, and Johnny Carson. I even sat in Tony Martin’s lap in…
In February, I was laid off from The Washington Post when my entire team in Seoul was cut. More than 300 journalists lost their jobs in a single day. Loading audio narration… About two years ago, my family and I moved to South Korea from Colorado after I was offered…
When my husband and I decided to move our four-person family from the US to Spain, we had roughly two semesters of college Spanish between us and zero experience living abroad. Loading audio narration… We didn’t let that stop us, though. Beginning in March 2025, we researched obsessively, read books,…
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