Ten years ago, the chatter filled my inbox.

Today, it is filling Twitter and Facebook.

But while the medium is different, theREAD MORE

Not quite four years ago, I dropped my son off at a stately southern campus, gave him a hug and shed a few tears for change that feREAD MORE

I would not have “known them anywhere.” Forty years is a long time, and we, all four of us, are now blurred and softened versions oREAD MORE

There will be ghosts at Thanksgiving this year.

Actually, there are ghosts every year. That’s what holidays are — a measure of READ MORE

Courtesy of Cristin Lind

Cristin Lind couldn’t find the words, so she drew a picture.

The artistic inspiration hit about a yREAD MORE

Twenty five years ago I fumbled my vows and said “Sure” instead of the more traditional “I do.” We giggled through the rest of the READ MORE

More than a dozen children went to elementary school this morning and were dead before lunch.

White House spokesman Jay Carney sREAD MORE

To the young woman sitting right in front of me at the Springsteen concert Wednesday night:

I am so glad you enjoyed the show. HREAD MORE

Spanking was a subject of debate on every parenting website on the continent during the past week, and I don’t understand why.

YREAD MORE

Photo: Elizabeth Sarah Dinner

Every so often I hear a couple talk about getting a dog as “practice” for having a child.

The READ MORE

I never feel more like a parent than when my child is sick.

My role is clear and certain then. He needs me. I am there. It is siREAD MORE

Two weeks ago, my baby turned 18. The law says he’s an adult — he can vote and sign contracts, and when it comes to his medical anREAD MORE

Update: I received a call from Stephania Meyer at American Airlines. She agreed that a muffin is not a “personal item” and that theREAD MORE

Dear Evan,

Twenty-one years ago today, I was in labor in a Houston hospital. The sun was setting and things were finally progresREAD MORE

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When House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi met with two dozen women reporters and editors at the Huffington PostREAD MORE