life
I sat in a stiff chair next to my 86-year-old dad as a lawyer outlined the complicated rules of Medicaid law. Loading audio narration… My dad furrowed his brow, trying to understand the legal complexities that could mean the difference between being able to leave his home — where he’d…
Growing up, I expected to live the fast-paced life of a performer. Loading audio narration… I’m a Jersey girl with a New York City spirit. As a kid, my backyard was the Hudson City Skyline, and my dreams were set on being a principal actor on Broadway.Most of my childhood…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Natalie Alatriste, a 35-year-old native Floridian who grew up in Miami-Dade County. In 2025, she moved to Arlington, Virginia. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Growing up in Miami in the ’90s, I remember it…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company has nearly cleared out the last of its flagship cars. Loading audio narration… Only “a few hundred” Model S sedans and Model X SUVs remain in inventory, Musk said in a Wednesday post on X.The low inventory hasn’t been independently confirmed, but the…
The vision I had for my college experience was something straight out of a glossy homecoming brochure: spontaneous road trips, late nights spent dancing terribly at parties, football games, and a close-knit friend group to enjoy it all with. Loading audio narration… However, social anxiety, depression, and the COVID-19 pandemic…
For six glorious weeks before our son arrived, I relished the delicious pleasure of total freedom. Loading audio narration… My wife Liv’s maternity leave had begun. Our living room speakers pumped out the groovy soundtrack of her favorite deckbuilding video game, Balatro.I remember the late-winter chill nipping at my cheeks…
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…
A year ago, my husband and I were living aboard a sailboat, traveling to a different port each week. Then, everything changed. Loading audio narration… My husband received a job opportunity in New York, meaning it was time to move again. This adventure would be very different, though: Instead of…
I’ve always enjoyed good dental health, having just one cavity in my 33 years. Some of this I attribute to having the same dentist since I was 4. Loading audio narration… Throughout my adulthood, my dental office felt like the only medical environment where I never had to worry about…
I didn’t plan to have 5 children. I wasn’t even sure I wanted to get married. I envisioned a life modeled after my childhood heroine, Mary Richards, the fictional associate producer at WJM-TV, played by Mary Tyler Moore. Yes, I was the girl who stayed in her dorm room on…
