Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My mother and I were always close and I saw her as my best friend. Her health issues began to get complicated at the same time I ...

I finally did it. I was the Black Carrie Bradshaw. Shortly after graduating from college with a degree in magazine journalism, I'd earned a position at one of the top fashion publications in the world ...

When I graduated from college in 2021, I started to really notice changes in my mom and her memory. I spent the majority of my life side by side with her. She is my best friend. She gets me like no ...

Dear Eric: I’ve always had a close relationship with my mom and, for much of my adult life, I didn’t really have a life of my own away from her. In the last few years, I entered into my first serious ...

When I got the phone call that my dad had died, I knew that my life would change forever. What I didn't anticipate was how much my mother's next chapter in life would collide with mine. Not only did ...

Dear Eric: I’m a grown woman in a healthy relationship with two children of my own, and I can’t stand being around my dad. I’m resentful of him for a childhood full of emotional abuse that I feel has ...

After my divorce, the invisible labor of being a solo parent became very heavy. Then, my kids and I moved in with my mom and stepdad, and our lives changed for the better. Moving in with my family has ...

After graduating from college, I moved back in with my mom in her one-bedroom apartment. I'd only planned to stay for a year while I worked and saved money, but I was unexpectedly laid off. The extra ...