Columnists - LifeOpinionFor Kelly Miller, adopting as a single parent makes perfect sense“I talked about why I wanted to adopt as a single person. I said, ‘I can get married when I’m 70, but I’m ready to have kids. Life is short. Why wait?’Anndee Hochman | Columnist OpinionHail to the dogsLisa Scottoline | Columnist OpinionFor Taryn Stinson and Matt Burlick, slowing down a bit to savor lifeAnndee Hochman | Columnist OpinionI’ve taken up gambling -- the gardening kind | Lisa ScottolineLisa Scottoline | Columnist OpinionFor Alex Macnow and Nathan Renner-Johnson, ‘the moment when we are creating our family’Anndee Hochman | Columnist AdvertisementOpinionThe brave little pot | Lisa ScottolineI kept using it, even though every meal smelled like smoke and I cut my finger on the metal edge. Plus, every time I poured out a pot of boiling spaghetti, holding only one handle, the pot would slipLisa Scottoline | Columnist OpinionIn a scary world, Katherine Muns wants to give her son the bestSo she began training for a marathon, doing 8-mile runs after work in the frosty December dark. “I spent a lot of time distracting myself from what I was feeling. Finally, I said: OK, Katherine. You sAnndee Hochman | Columnist OpinionThe Age of Agita | Lisa ScottolineMy agita just turned into jet fuel. I want to vote harder than ever. As soon as I can. And absolutely effectively.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist OpinionFor Brittany and Josh Labrensz, a difficult road turns even rockier“The nurses kept saying, ‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint,’ ” Brittany says. “Our world had fully flipped upside down. But at the same time, COVID hit, and everybody’s world was different.”Anndee Hochman | Columnist Opinion30 years later, a chance meeting brought them togetherJohn saw Shalon’s closeness with her family and he saw how quickly she grew close with his mother, father, stepmother, and – most importantly – his girls.Kellie Patrick Gates | Columnist OpinionFocusing on the upside to pandemic parentingBoth had passed the relative test, with a dual-family Passover gathering in Arizona, where Katie’s mom lives.Anndee Hochman | Columnist OpinionYou can’t keep a good woman down | Lisa ScottolineNever mind that the newspaper headline called the 62-year-old snake “ancient.” Hissssssssss. Sixty-two is not ancient. It’s barely a good start.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist OpinionLet’s hear it for the heroes | Lisa ScottolineBut I’m very aware that not all endings are happy.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist OpinionBridget and Pete Kruger always hoped for a big familyPete, too, recalls feeling an internal click: “this wonderful surge of emotions, and from then on, it’s what you want to base your life on.”Anndee Hochman | Columnist OpinionAn enduring sisterhood for unlikely friends“We have a different culture, language, religion. But we have made a good friendship. A strong friendship. We are two sisters together.”Kellie Patrick Gates | Columnist OpinionDoing all the work | Lisa ScottolineLuckily, the post office is being sabotaged, so I get less mail. There’s a solution I hadn’t thought of. No mail, no virus. Mission accomplished!Lisa Scottoline | Columnist OpinionDespite the pain, Stacey and Dan Fay have ‘a lot of gratitude’And when they looked at the positive pregnancy test, their excitement was tempered by that year of loss. Their reaction, Stacey says, “was not like ‘whoo!’ but, ‘hopefully, this goes the right way.’ ”Anndee Hochman | Columnist OpinionFor Krista and Ian Koteles, a different time calls for a different kind of birth experienceThey didn’t have a time frame in mind for conceiving a third. But both believe that “children choose their parents.” Just before their five-year anniversary, the next baby chose them.Anndee Hochman | Columnist OpinionFor Sophie Foster Fink and Bryan Nichols, it’s all a collaborative effortThe midwife put River on her chest: a 7-pound, 12-ounce infant with a “faux-hawk” of brown hair like his father’s, large blue eyes, and a nose smushed sideways from his cramped position in the womb.Anndee Hochman | Columnist OpinionNationalSoon we’ll be clawing the dirt for nuts and berries. And yet, at least we’re alive.That’s about as elemental as it gets. That’s about as stripped down as it can be.Why not get naked?Lisa Scottoline | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
OpinionFor Kelly Miller, adopting as a single parent makes perfect sense“I talked about why I wanted to adopt as a single person. I said, ‘I can get married when I’m 70, but I’m ready to have kids. Life is short. Why wait?’Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Kelly Miller, adopting as a single parent makes perfect sense“I talked about why I wanted to adopt as a single person. I said, ‘I can get married when I’m 70, but I’m ready to have kids. Life is short. Why wait?’Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Taryn Stinson and Matt Burlick, slowing down a bit to savor lifeAnndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Taryn Stinson and Matt Burlick, slowing down a bit to savor lifeAnndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Alex Macnow and Nathan Renner-Johnson, ‘the moment when we are creating our family’Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Alex Macnow and Nathan Renner-Johnson, ‘the moment when we are creating our family’Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionThe brave little pot | Lisa ScottolineI kept using it, even though every meal smelled like smoke and I cut my finger on the metal edge. Plus, every time I poured out a pot of boiling spaghetti, holding only one handle, the pot would slipLisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionThe brave little pot | Lisa ScottolineI kept using it, even though every meal smelled like smoke and I cut my finger on the metal edge. Plus, every time I poured out a pot of boiling spaghetti, holding only one handle, the pot would slipLisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionIn a scary world, Katherine Muns wants to give her son the bestSo she began training for a marathon, doing 8-mile runs after work in the frosty December dark. “I spent a lot of time distracting myself from what I was feeling. Finally, I said: OK, Katherine. You sAnndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionIn a scary world, Katherine Muns wants to give her son the bestSo she began training for a marathon, doing 8-mile runs after work in the frosty December dark. “I spent a lot of time distracting myself from what I was feeling. Finally, I said: OK, Katherine. You sAnndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionThe Age of Agita | Lisa ScottolineMy agita just turned into jet fuel. I want to vote harder than ever. As soon as I can. And absolutely effectively.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionThe Age of Agita | Lisa ScottolineMy agita just turned into jet fuel. I want to vote harder than ever. As soon as I can. And absolutely effectively.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionFor Brittany and Josh Labrensz, a difficult road turns even rockier“The nurses kept saying, ‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint,’ ” Brittany says. “Our world had fully flipped upside down. But at the same time, COVID hit, and everybody’s world was different.”Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Brittany and Josh Labrensz, a difficult road turns even rockier“The nurses kept saying, ‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint,’ ” Brittany says. “Our world had fully flipped upside down. But at the same time, COVID hit, and everybody’s world was different.”Anndee Hochman | Columnist
Opinion30 years later, a chance meeting brought them togetherJohn saw Shalon’s closeness with her family and he saw how quickly she grew close with his mother, father, stepmother, and – most importantly – his girls.Kellie Patrick Gates | Columnist
Opinion30 years later, a chance meeting brought them togetherJohn saw Shalon’s closeness with her family and he saw how quickly she grew close with his mother, father, stepmother, and – most importantly – his girls.Kellie Patrick Gates | Columnist
OpinionFocusing on the upside to pandemic parentingBoth had passed the relative test, with a dual-family Passover gathering in Arizona, where Katie’s mom lives.Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFocusing on the upside to pandemic parentingBoth had passed the relative test, with a dual-family Passover gathering in Arizona, where Katie’s mom lives.Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionYou can’t keep a good woman down | Lisa ScottolineNever mind that the newspaper headline called the 62-year-old snake “ancient.” Hissssssssss. Sixty-two is not ancient. It’s barely a good start.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionYou can’t keep a good woman down | Lisa ScottolineNever mind that the newspaper headline called the 62-year-old snake “ancient.” Hissssssssss. Sixty-two is not ancient. It’s barely a good start.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionLet’s hear it for the heroes | Lisa ScottolineBut I’m very aware that not all endings are happy.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionLet’s hear it for the heroes | Lisa ScottolineBut I’m very aware that not all endings are happy.Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionBridget and Pete Kruger always hoped for a big familyPete, too, recalls feeling an internal click: “this wonderful surge of emotions, and from then on, it’s what you want to base your life on.”Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionBridget and Pete Kruger always hoped for a big familyPete, too, recalls feeling an internal click: “this wonderful surge of emotions, and from then on, it’s what you want to base your life on.”Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionAn enduring sisterhood for unlikely friends“We have a different culture, language, religion. But we have made a good friendship. A strong friendship. We are two sisters together.”Kellie Patrick Gates | Columnist
OpinionAn enduring sisterhood for unlikely friends“We have a different culture, language, religion. But we have made a good friendship. A strong friendship. We are two sisters together.”Kellie Patrick Gates | Columnist
OpinionDoing all the work | Lisa ScottolineLuckily, the post office is being sabotaged, so I get less mail. There’s a solution I hadn’t thought of. No mail, no virus. Mission accomplished!Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionDoing all the work | Lisa ScottolineLuckily, the post office is being sabotaged, so I get less mail. There’s a solution I hadn’t thought of. No mail, no virus. Mission accomplished!Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionDespite the pain, Stacey and Dan Fay have ‘a lot of gratitude’And when they looked at the positive pregnancy test, their excitement was tempered by that year of loss. Their reaction, Stacey says, “was not like ‘whoo!’ but, ‘hopefully, this goes the right way.’ ”Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionDespite the pain, Stacey and Dan Fay have ‘a lot of gratitude’And when they looked at the positive pregnancy test, their excitement was tempered by that year of loss. Their reaction, Stacey says, “was not like ‘whoo!’ but, ‘hopefully, this goes the right way.’ ”Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Krista and Ian Koteles, a different time calls for a different kind of birth experienceThey didn’t have a time frame in mind for conceiving a third. But both believe that “children choose their parents.” Just before their five-year anniversary, the next baby chose them.Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Krista and Ian Koteles, a different time calls for a different kind of birth experienceThey didn’t have a time frame in mind for conceiving a third. But both believe that “children choose their parents.” Just before their five-year anniversary, the next baby chose them.Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Sophie Foster Fink and Bryan Nichols, it’s all a collaborative effortThe midwife put River on her chest: a 7-pound, 12-ounce infant with a “faux-hawk” of brown hair like his father’s, large blue eyes, and a nose smushed sideways from his cramped position in the womb.Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionFor Sophie Foster Fink and Bryan Nichols, it’s all a collaborative effortThe midwife put River on her chest: a 7-pound, 12-ounce infant with a “faux-hawk” of brown hair like his father’s, large blue eyes, and a nose smushed sideways from his cramped position in the womb.Anndee Hochman | Columnist
OpinionNationalSoon we’ll be clawing the dirt for nuts and berries. And yet, at least we’re alive.That’s about as elemental as it gets. That’s about as stripped down as it can be.Why not get naked?Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
OpinionNationalSoon we’ll be clawing the dirt for nuts and berries. And yet, at least we’re alive.That’s about as elemental as it gets. That’s about as stripped down as it can be.Why not get naked?Lisa Scottoline | Columnist
