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I’m Getting Divorced and Won’t Be Changing My Last Name When It’s Final

“…It was the very first question that they asked when I told them we were getting a divorce – even before asking where everyone would live.”

Family Guest Author Marriage

Why I Said No to ‘This Is Us’ and Chip and Joanna Gaines

“Every time I watched an episode, I’d find myself wishing my husband was a little more romantic.”

Family Guest Author Raising Kids

Why I Want My Biracial Children to Be Aware of My Blackness

“They are not at the point that they can connect it to race, but one day they will.”

Family Guest Author Raising Kids

Motherhood Ruined Me

“I only worried about myself. I mean, I liked my friends, I cared about the kids I mentored, but deep down, I really only focused on my own needs, my own wants, my own life.”

Family Guest Author

Dear Dad: You’re Dead and I’m Not Sad

“My heart was broken. Not because of the gift choices exactly but because it just showed he knew NOTHING about me. At all.”

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Wife Asks Husband if He Feels Trapped After She Gained 100 Pounds. She Should Never Forget His Answer

“I had intentionally scooted my body to the farthest edge of the bed and was no longer able to hold in the ugly cry I usually save for the bathroom floor so no one can hear me. I was shaking.”

Family Guest Author

It’s Just A Piece Of Paper, But It Means The World To Me

“As I stared at this phone number, my 4-year-old said, ‘You can have it.'”

Guest Author Opinion

Dear White Teachers: What Your Black Students Wish You Knew

“I am sure I will offend some of you. I probably already did just by assaulting your precious, naive eyes with my honest title.”

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