I love my girlfriend, and I like her family as much as the next person. But visiting for the holidays means sharing her childhood bedroom with some combination of her three siblings and their partners. We are only in our 20s, but aren’t we too old f
Image Credit...Brian ReaGreeting the Seasonal Guests Twenty-nine years ago, my mother upstaged Jesus by dying right before Christmas. I was a single mother of a 4-year-old. I made the season merry for my daughter, though inside I felt like the sun w
Seven years ago, I met a woman on a dating app. (We are now in our mid-50s.) We had an on-again, off-again romance that resolved into a good friendship. Recentlyhot646, we went to a concert together. My oldest friend from college was there, so they
Three years ago, my sister asked me what type of tree I wanted as a Christmas present. This wasn’t a simple question, like “What kind of sweater: V-neck or crew?” Julie was dying and wanted to give me a living gift to remember her by. I thought abou
At Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta, memories of former President Jimmy Carter have peppered the patchwork of political and cultural paraphernalia adorning its walls for decades. In 1970, the Georgia native and peanut-farmer-turned-statesman launched his
Photo: Illustration: Vikas Thakur Photo: Illustration: Vikas Thakur I lost my wifeps88, two sons, sister, brother and 43 nieces and nephews, in addition to 13 cousins. Today morning, I lost my elderly uncle Akram and four of his siblings in the Isra
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Last Saturdaylucky cola, I poured wine, greeted regulars and strangers and bused tables at Contento, the restaurant I co-owned in East Harlem, for the last time. After more than three years of service, during which The New York Times ranked us twice
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2024-12-21ONE Championship ONE Championship Decorated Japanese striker Masaaki Noiri is determined to live up to the hype surrounding him in his sophomore appearance in the world’s largest martial arts organization. On December 20 at ONE Friday Fights 92: Sit