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Every year, the third Sunday of June, International Father’s Day, strikes a different chord for me.I was 7 when my father died of heart failure. I’m in my 30s now, but the ache hasn’t faded, and it’s helped me realize how important it is to have a parent beside you.There’s…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicole Wen, 25, who works at AT&T. It has been edited for length and clarity.My dad got a job at AT&T more than 26 years ago. After college, he told me about the company’s amazing internship programs. I ended up doing…
I adopted three daughters in 2022 after many years of fostering them. Their biological father — we call him Papa — is incarcerated for an armed robbery he committed while in the throes of addiction. He’s been in prison since before his youngest girl was born.When Papa was arrested, his…
