From the archive: A mother’s heartbreak
In the front window of a modest brick two-flat on Chicago's West Side hangs a handmade sign with fading pictures of a smiling 15-year-old Yasmin Acree that says "we miss...
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The bigger your circle of friends, the smaller the world becomes
A month or so ago, a woman pulled up in front of my house. She was the president of the local social organization (I had no idea they still existed)....
Shades of gray mean nothing to a boy who likes pink
In the last year, my 5-year-old son has become a maven on the differences between boys and girls. Girls, he will tell me authoritatively, are like princesses and flowers and...
Study says flip-flops may ease knee arthritis pain
If you have arthritis in the knees, Dr. Najia Shakoor may have the shoe for you. Shakoor, a rheumatologist at Rush University Medical Center, discovered that flat, flexible shoes, like...
Nanny in the house never far from mom’s mind
My friend's first nanny quit because she needed a job with health insurance to cover an unexpected surgery. Her second nanny left after she found a job as an assistant...