Religion Conspiracies of Faith: On Truth, Religion, and The X-Files
"I've lost the certainty I once had -- the Biblical, childlike faith -- and exchanged it for a quiet plea that echoes Fox Mulder: 'I want to believe.'"
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Television The Pitch Meeting for Ghostwriter
We’re the only ones who can see him. That means he wants you on the team.
Humor Passive-Aggressive Hymns to Help Children Grow in Morality and Develop Character
Nothing like a passive-aggressive hymn to impart life lessons and help children grow in morality and character!
Family How to Make Polvoron: Growing Up With a Mother Overseas
The author on lessons learned over the years and across the miles, and her experiences growing up as the daughter of an overseas worker.
Humor Childhood Magic Spells, Ranked
Some magic spells are better than others.
Television The Pitch Meeting for Animaniacs
And now you know the plot.
Health ADHD, Not MPDG: Growing Up With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Grace Lidinsky-Smith on living with ADHD, how she finally got a diagnosis, and the ways in which gender socialization can complicate diagnosis for many.
Family On Money, Anxiety, and Marriage
I still think of economic stability as something that primarily exists for other people, and I don’t know if I'll ever grow out of it.
Family Raised on Radio: Request and Dedication
"I’m always going to love listening to the radio, hoping for good stuff, getting a mixed bag, waiting for my song, the perfect song, to come up next."
Family The Hunt
"Our holiday revolves around the hunt."
Religion Past Lenten Sacrifices I Am Able to Recall With Some Degree of Accuracy
tl;dr I'm not great at Lent.
Family “All White,” All Hers: Rebuilding My Adoption Story
Katie Klabusich on how she finally learned the whole truth about her adoption origin story, and how it explained so many things about her childhood.
Family A Guide to Missing Australian Christmas
"Miss waking up on Christmas Day and launching yourself into the sea, shrieking with your sisters and brother, the sun hot on your shoulders."
Family “Remember who your real family is”: On Openness in Adoption
On openness in adoption, and the messages adopted kids often receive about where they belong.
Family Shelters and Storms: Growing Up with My Dad
"I understood that I would forever be scared of the things I loved the most, and that boats sail upon oceans, bodies from which you should never turn away."
