Back-to-school season in the U.S. involves a number of fun rituals, like shopping for classroom supplies, picking out a special first-day outfit and taking photos with a personalized sign. On the first day of school in Germany, however, you’ll see an even more striking sight. German children mark the transition to school by carrying large […]
When I turned 25, I cried on my birthday. Not out of some melodramatic dread of the quarter-century milestone, but because something inside me shifted. Suddenly an internal spotlight flickered on, illuminating every corner of my life I had been unwilling to inspect too closely. Choices I had made, realities I had tolerated, a relationship […]
As Wednesday dawned and it became obvious that Donald Trump would return to the White House for a second term, Rebecca Shrader struggled to get back to her regular programming. The Durham, North Carolina, mom of two had put her kids to sleep with them not knowing who would win the presidency: Trump or Vice […]