Family The Terrible Things I Learned About My Dad: On Abuse and the People We Love
The author makes discoveries after her father's death that lead her to believe he abused her brother.
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Family Taking Pleasure in the Sound of Words
Steve Neumann on his attachment to the sound of certain words and his love of repetition.
Family “Happy Birthday” and Other Things My Mom and I Don’t Say
On the author's relationship with her mother: "We’re comfortable with silence and anger, but we squirm like young children when it comes to love."
Family Facing the Beast: On Anxiety and Sisterhood
When her sister ran away from home, the author thought she had been left to face her fears all alone.
Family A Life in My Mother’s Clothes
The author reflects on her mother's wardrobe and timeless style.
Family Freaks and Geeks: Christians on TV and Me
The author on her love for Freaks and Geeks and how it helped her figure out her own beliefs.
Family Things We Don’t Talk About: On Coming Out to My Family
Liz Blocker on undiscussed topics, family dynamics, and coming out to her parents.
Family The Resurrection of the Body: On Family, Mental Illness, and Grief
"We don’t get to be delivered of some things": The author, a hospital chaplain, reflects on family, loss, illness, and her late uncle's life.
Family What a Woman Wants: The Story of My Inchon Aunt
Jean Kim on her "Inchon E-mo," the faraway aunt whose life taught her an important lesson.
Family The Right Words to Say: On Being Read as White
Dahlia Grossman-Heinze on the distance between how she is often perceived and who she is.
Family On the Death of John Dobson
The death of John Dobson, amateur astronomer, prompts the author to reflect on his childhood, his family, and the handful of times he met Dobson.
Family Swinging with Absalom
The author on family, trauma, and things that can never be forgiven or forgotten.
Family The Ghosts I Saw at Home: Hauntings, Loss, and Mental Illness
"So here is the problem with history: we see the same ghosts, over and over, and still we never learn."
Family Farewell to the Norway Ride: A Disney Remembrance
Ashley Gallagher on the dorky Disney ride which her family cherished most.
Family Basic. Bitch.
"Maybe words, after centuries of use and abuse, can’t be separated entirely from history. They can’t be erased, and yet they must be acknowledged."
