Every summer, the media floods us with pictures that make us look closely at women’s bodies and keep up unrealistic standards. Every year, body shaming has become a disturbing tradition thanks to embarrassing photos taken…

I never expected my first Thanksgiving as a married woman to turn into a family legend. Little did I know that a perfectly golden turkey, our lovable dog Bella, and my husband’s panicked decision would…

When Emily’s sister-in-law plans an elaborate potluck, she feels nothing but dread at the things that Jessica insists she take along. Trying to keep her budget in mind, Emily makes a casserole to take with,…

Mr. Carter Santiago had been contemplating his life and realized that he had yet to make a will. But who would inherit his estate, which included several luxury restaurants in Chicago? So he decided to…

A woman had a gut feeling that her husband was cheating on her, so she decided to follow him to a motel one day where she discovered why he had been going home tired and…

I hadn’t heard from my stepdaughter, Hyacinth, in what felt like forever, so when she invited me to dinner, I thought maybe this was it — the moment we’d finally patch things up. But nothing…

I Introduced My 5-Year-Old Daughter to the Man I’ve Been Dating – She Screamed When She First Saw Him Jessica never expected that introducing her daughter, Emma, to her boyfriend, Alex, would turn into a…

It was an ordinary Tuesday morning. I was curled up in my favorite armchair, sipping on my second cup of coffee and lost in a novel by one of my favorite authors, when the phone…