regret

As my daughters and I canvassed the neighborhood trick-or-treating, my 8-year-old dressed as a devil and her 5-year-old sister as a superhero, my frustration was growing. My youngest was refusing to say “thank you” as neighbors dropped handfuls of candy into her bucket, and I felt embarrassed.”Say ‘thank you,’ or…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Celina Tolbert, 31, a social media manager from North Carolina who is based in Paris. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.It started off as a joke. I’m not rich, so I didn’t think I’d be able to afford…

In 2007, my husband’s wanderlust led him from his hometown of Prague to Manila, where he and I met.When we started dating, he reassured me that he’d never tire of living in my country, but that changed a year later, when we took a trip to Europe together.We had a…