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One of the first things I did when I got pregnant with my daughter was put her on every daycare waitlist I could find. Loading audio narration… Daycares in Vancouver are extremely competitive — many have waitlists of a couple of years, and some have waitlists of four years or…
It’s been well over two decades since I’ve seen my brother. Although he’s five years older, we were close growing up. Loading audio narration… When he left for college, he rarely returned home, choosing to live in his college town year-round, but we kept in touch. When I was 19,…
This essay is part of The New American Home, a series that examines multigenerational houses.After 13 years of marriage, I became a single mom of my two young kids. I knew my life was about to change after my divorce in 2024, but I didn’t fully grasp how quickly and…
