If you graduated school prior to the year 2000, chances are, you might have taken
a home economics or home studies class…if you were a girl that is.
There’s no denying how useful it is to learn these principles of domesticity.
Nowadays, the idea of women and men looking after the home and family is more accepted.
But sadly, home economics classes are dying out, and fewer schools are
giving their children – girls and boys – the opportunity to learn the basic skills of adulthood.
I loaned my younger brother $3,000 for rent after he lost his job, tightening my own budget to make sure he was okay. Two weeks later, I…
The reception after my father-in-law’s funeral was quiet and polished, filled with forced condolences and the clink of crystal glasses. I stepped away briefly, asking my husband…
“Meet my daughter-in-law. Not for long.” I thought I was walking into a dinner party with a warm dish in my hands and a smile on my…
My crush, Daniel, finally asked me out after three years of shy smiles and stolen glances at the office. He took me to a candlelit Italian restaurant,…
By the time my phone lit up with the seventeenth missed call, the takeout container on my coffee table had gone cold and the ice in my…
My mom said, “You won’t be at Thanksgiving this year. Your sister’s new husband thinks you’d ruin the vibe.” I said nothing. The rejection cut deep, especially…