Category: Stories

A mother booked her daughter’s dream beachfront wedding venue—only to have her sister beg her to change it. Past affairs, family heartbreak, and long-standing tensions collided, raising the question: What happens when…

A devoted mother of two young boys was left stunned and heartbroken by the behavior of her ex-husband’s new wife. This woman insisted on acting like she was the boys’ real mother,…

Behind every smile, there can be a secret. Behind every “I love you,” a hidden agenda. These are stories of people who mastered the art of pretending — until their carefully built…

Blended families often come with their own pros and cons. But when the kids reach adulthood, the complicated things may become their problem, and their relationships can be affected in many ways….

At 38, I finally did it. I got my own house. It’s small, a little crooked in places, and smells faintly of old wood and lavender detergent, but it’s mine and I’m…

I’ve been married to Ethan for four years now. We’re a typical couple with no kids, and we’ve been through our fair share of ups and downs. I love him, or at…

Jade and I had been friends for years. As kids, our families lived across the road from each other — so we had grown up together. From diapers to high school, we…

I’d never had much. No family dinners, no warm hugs waiting at home. Just a few blurry memories of my grandpa — his old hands polishing coins under a yellow lamp, his…

An extravagant traditional white wedding had always been Tina’s dream. Unfortunately, that was not the case when she eloped with her high school sweetheart, Richard, at the tender age of 18. Richard…

I’m not the kind of person who puts much stock in instant karma. I’m more of a wait-it-out-and-let-life-sort-it-out kind of woman. But what happened this past fall shook that belief to the…