Since retiring from my job, my husband has found me irritating. We had a talk (after fighting), and he is right: I am mothering him. Smothering him. “I have a mother,” he said. “I want a wife, a partner, a best friend.”

Watching my daughter learn from others has taught me I should not underestimate my daughter, my church or my God.

The church rules insist that the priest provide economic support for the children, he said, but they also recognize that the duties and responsibilities of fatherhood go beyond that to include affection and education, especially in the first years of the child's life.

What is there to gain from probing life’s wounds? Brandi Carlile has an answer in her new album.

As parents, we try so hard to make our children behave or at least not disturb the others around us, and no matter the effort, someone is usually disturbed.

Are we tired of working in a system of mere productivity and efficiency that fails to acknowledge our humanity and that of others?