Ethical Living
The incredible story of finding my brother in my 60s
We were born a week apart, in the same hospital, to different mothers — and that is just the beginning of our healing journey
Relationships
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Ethical Living
Every Christmas, my chosen family makes a promise
These loved ones help me cope with life's ups and downs, including interactions with my biological family
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Ethical Living
After my parents told me to stay away last Christmas, I found healing with chosen family
For the queer community, which has historically been excluded and marginalized, it is powerfully healing to be chosen
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Ethical Living
I’ve hated Christmas for years. Maybe it’s time to hate it a little less.
Decades of familial guilt and frustration sucked all the joy out of the holiday for me
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Ethical Living
Faced with our families’ homophobia, my fiancée and I are starting our own holiday traditions
Last year, I decided I never wanted to spend the holidays away from Paula again
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Ethical Living
I’ve struggled with my son’s decision to become a soldier, but we’ve come to an uneasy truce
“I saw his desire to be a soldier as the fulfillment of a calling, just as I was fulfilling mine”
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Ethical Living
A pair of secondhand red shoes helped me appreciate my father
My parents loved me, and that justified a little discomfort
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Ethical Living
In some families, medical assistance in dying is anything but a peaceful ending
Family members often support the idea of MAID in the abstract, but the procedure can take on a new meaning when it hits close to home
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Ethical Living
I’m in my late 40s, and I’ve already lived a life of resurrections
If I were to appear as I am now in front of any previous iteration, I’d be in disbelief
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Spirituality
Every time I walk by my sister’s apartment, time stands still
It was in her third-floor apartment that she told us she wasn't doing well
