Cancer plays a cruel magic trick: it stretches time (“treatment will take months”) and compresses it (“freeze eggs now, decide about embryos later”) all at once. My husband and I found ourselves mapping the next decade on scrap paper. When “Happily Ever After” Meets a Diagnosis.

International Bereaved Mother’s Day, observed the Sunday before Mother's Day, offers a sacred space to honor those who grieve.

Today, we celebrate more than a birth; we celebrate the power of dreams, the beauty of connection, and the boundless love that brings families together.

Today, thanks to the internet and the rise of social media, that landscape has dramatically changed — and for the better.

At the risk of sounding increasingly cheesy, I will say those two groups of people could even be equated to April Showers and May flowers.