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After I wrote about moving to the suburbs near Columbia, Maryland, for love — and the nostalgia that hit when I missed living in my hometown, Nashville, after that relationship ended — people began reaching out.They sent kind messages and suggestions for how I could get more involved locally. One…
As a working mom of four, life is often stressful. I balance multiple jobs, and it seems like someone in the family is either sick, has a school project due, or is going through teenage travails, which makes it difficult to find a cadence that provides balance and calm. I…
Pratik Desai’s childhood home in Roselle Park, New Jersey, is full of reminders of his mother, Smruti. After she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in her small intestine, he did what he could to keep her around a little longer.The 34-year-old startup founder used AI platforms NotebookLM and Claude…
“Want to make a Mother’s Day card for Grandma Marion?” my father asked. Loading audio narration… At 5, I was sad that my mom didn’t live with us. But thankfully, my paternal grandmother came to visit often. While most kids drew pictures of their mom, dad, and siblings, my pictures…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lena Hall, a senior director of developer and AI strategy at Akamai Technologies and cofounder of an AI startup. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… My son woke up one morning determined to build a game. It…
