Growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida, my dad had a paper route on his bicycle and then his scooter—perhaps discovering then his love of two wheels. I picture him as a teenager on his Vespa, sky blue with bloody clouds of rust, crackling and smoking across the bridges of Pinellas County. The evening papers, hot […]
It fell on a weekend Meghan Markle and Prince Harry exchanged vows on May 19, 2018, which broke a couple royal traditions. To start, the wedding was on a Saturday. In the past, royal weddings have typically been held on a weekday. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip got married on a Thursday, Prince Charles […]
Growing up, I understood one thing about my dad: He knew everything. This was our relationship, in sum: I asked him questions and he told me the answers. Is there really a man in the moon? How do sailboats work? What is the highest score anyone’s ever gotten in Pac-Man? In my teen years, he […]
Not every option is right for every recipient. Here’s what you need to know. Getting money to loved ones might be a priority right now, especially for those who are sick, unemployed, or unable to venture away from home. You also want to keep yourself and the recipient safe. Bearing in mind that social distancing […]
What a manicure taught me about love, happiness, and my mom. Growing up, my mom was always somewhat of a mystery to me and that was especially true on Mother’s Day. My mom loved to celebrate with spa trips, salons, and shopping. She always invited me along but I didn’t enjoy those things at all […]
Make sure that you don’t let yourself fall victim to online dating with these tips from trusted online dating professionals. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, in-person dating has become near-impossible, leaving online dating as the only viable solution while stay-at-home orders are still enforced. It’s undoubtedly a time where fear, loneliness, anxiety, and […]
Through each monumental moment in life, there is something for our dogs to teach us—about love, friendship, family, identity, and how not to get mad when you find the floor covered with flour paw prints. After we lost Indigo, I got a call from the Bed ‘n’ Biscuit. One of their customers was dying, and […]
Being shaped by parents’ “favorites” Researchers say a key area of sibling life is the perception of whether mom and dad played favorites. “From a young age, children are very attuned to how parents treat them relative to their sibling,” says McHale, who has published multiple studies in this area. “A great deal of research […]
Create a schedule If you want your relationship to survive being quarantined for several weeks, you need to have a schedule that allows partners to spend time together—and apart, says Claire Barber, a certified mental health consultant and relationship expert based in Detroit, Michigan. A schedule is vital because it will help both individuals to […]
Growing up, my brother and I had the typical older-sister, younger-brother relationship. He loved to annoy me and I always wanted to boss him around. I am five years older so we didn’t really share friends or activities but for the most part we always got along well. That all changed in January 2013 when […]
When my fiancé, Nick, and I were first faced with sharing a small office space in our apartment, we quickly learned that our relationship was not as bulletproof as we had previously thought. We had both left our jobs in the pursuit of entrepreneurial dreams, and the long workdays involved meant that we were often […]
“During big projects, I turn off the saw one or two days of the week to reacquaint myself with the family. It may take a few days longer to finish, but I won’t have to sleep on the couch.” -Brian Barger “During a recent project, I spent the early evening with my family, tucked my […]
Accepting a compliment gracefully has always been hard for me. I don’t remember getting many as a kid. My parents were very loving and supportive, but compliments just weren’t a thing we really did in my family. By high school, I’d believe my closest friends when they gushed over my hair or outfit, but I […]
Courtesy June Chatterton/Reminisce Dates in the 1920s were so much fun for so little money. In the Roaring ’20s, fun was cheap—especially for a young woman and her date. June Chatterton of Milan, Illinois, recalls that a young lady could don her $ 1.98 hat, dust on some fine Armand powder, which cost $ 1, […]
Jim and John Harbaugh Shutterstock (2) Sports are already competitive. Then, you take two brothers who happen to be NFL coaches and have their teams duke it out on the field, and some battles are bound to happen. The biggest one of all was when the brothers (who are only 15 months apart) went head […]