My Nightmare Before Christmas Took Place in a Cardboard Box
“All the Christmas ornaments are destroyed,” my husband Greg said one Saturday this fall. “What?” I glared at him like…
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“All the Christmas ornaments are destroyed,” my husband Greg said one Saturday this fall. “What?” I glared at him like…
Continue ReadingThe first line stopped me mid-scroll. "Not everyone who lost his life in Vietnam died there." I clicked through to…
Continue ReadingWhy does this holiday season feel so weird? Anyone else feeling it? Maybe it's the fact that I'm pretty sure…
Continue ReadingOn the surface, we don’t have much in common. In fact, no one would peg us as sisters. She has…
Continue ReadingLike many clever SNL skits, you don't even know it's not an actual commercial until you're 20 seconds in. All…
Continue ReadingFor years, on Christmas morning, my little brother and I woke up before the sun and sat excitedly at the…
Continue ReadingWhen I was two, my parents' marriage ended. It was over before I was even born, sadly. He left for…
Continue ReadingI pull the magazine from the mailbox. The moment my fingertips brush the slick paper, I am lost in nostalgia.…
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to friendship and acclimating to new environments, my daughter and I had very different childhood experiences. By…
Continue ReadingI describe my 11-year-old son as a “carefree cutie pie” because that’s how he looks to the outside world. Always…
Continue ReadingCorinne and Bob Johnson spent their lives together—and this week, the rural Minnesota couple married 68 years proved they intend…
Continue ReadingAs soon as that way-too-big beige apron went over 2-year-old Arthur Jones's head, I was done for. The toddler is…
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