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My mom told me she never wanted grandkids. When I became pregnant, she was distant and absent — until she met her grandson.

When I told my mom I was pregnant, she didn't hug me. She didn't even smile. She just went silent, and I wasn't surprised. She had always made it clear that she never wanted grandkids, and I knew that ...

Did I Try Hard Enough to Understand My Mother?

Research shows that people with dementia often harness metaphor to communicate experiences in their desperate bids to remain ...

My Mother’s Last, Best Gift Was an Astonishing Secret

It took my mother getting Alzheimer’s for my siblings and me to learn the truth about our family and childhood.
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What My Mother Told Me Streaming - Where to Watch Online

Come for the presents. Stay for the baggage.
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I Told My Mom I Wanted To Get My Tubes Tied At Age 20. Her Response Changed My Life.

I love my little nephew. He has a kid-sized broom that he uses to dance around in his diapers to Freddie Mercury songs as if ...
The New Yorker

My Mother’s Memory Loss, and Mine

My cat, Harriet, is curled up on the TV console when I walk into the living room. She blinks at me, slowly. Cats blinking at you is supposed to be a sign of affection. I blink back. “Look at you on ...
Los Angeles Times

What a DNA test revealed about my long-lost abuela — and her secret life

In 1969, when my mom was an infant, her mother, Amanda, disappeared one day and was never heard from again. “I spent my entire childhood wondering what happened to her,” my mom, Zoyda, explained to me ...
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My mom told me she never wanted grandkids. When I became pregnant, she was distant and absent — until she met her grandson.

My mother told me she never wanted grandchildren because she'd been raising kids most of her life. When I got pregnant, my mother wasn't excited, and she remained distant. She eventually came around ...