My son has moved out, and I feel a complicated kind of joy | Zoe Williams
When children are young and their expectations of an event differ from yours in some important way, it feels awful.…
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Family
Our children might be surprised by what's in our will – should we tell them now? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
My wife and I have three children and several grandchildren. Our will may contain some surprises for them. Is it…
The girl who wanted to live: the love, hope, and pain of raising Elsie, my one-in-163-million daughter
My daughter Elsie has beautiful blond curls, like a little Botticelli cherub’s—hair that someone dark like me could only dream…
I found my long-lost twin when I was 49.
In 1975, my parents saw an ad in their local Australian newspaper. As the Vietnam War was ending, thousands of…
Am I being taken advantage of by my family when it comes to caring for my mum? | Annalisa Barbieri
For years, it’s been up to me and my sister to take our mother on holiday. Now she has a…
My mother's best advice was to keep short accounts, meaning we should forgive others quickly.
My favorite photograph of my mother, Linda, and me was taken at my wedding. I don’t think we even realized…
I'm concerned that my boyfriend's reliance on AI is starting to replace his own critical thinking.
My boyfriend of eight years is 44, has ADHD, and runs his own business. He’s always struggled with administrative and…
I was listening to the radio when I heard the news—my parents and sister were killed in a helicopter crash. How could I possibly go on without them?
I was lying in bed listening to the radio at boarding school while my roommate got dressed. As she left,…
Beneath the items I can't bring myself to discard lie the things my parents couldn't part with either: novelist Anne Enright shares the pain of sorting through her family home.
In the autumn of 2023, I felt a strong urge to go back to the house where I grew up.…
For years, I struggled with infertility and loss. Then, a single phone call with a psychic changed everything.
On December 29, 2022, I got a text message. It read: “Hi mum I’m texting you off a friends phone…