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4 min January 23, 2022Author: Lisa Samalonis

How to Keep Loved Ones Alive: Tell Their Stories

By Lisa Samalonis

According to an ancient saying, you continue to live until the last time someone speaks your name. In this way, Lisa Samalonis is determined to keep her...

9 min January 21, 2022Author: Jeannie Ralston

6 Siblings. 5 Days. One House. Recreating Childhood Magic on the Ski Slopes

By Jeannie Ralston

After their dad died, these siblings made a ski trip on their own. Jeannie Ralston reports on the new kind of bonding that resulted....

9 min December 21, 2021Author: Meghan Rabbitt

What If Your Gift This Year Was More Siblings? DNA Testing Can Do That

By Meghan Rabbitt

DNA testing kits are revealing shocking family secrets. Here's how 3 Denver women learned they may need to make more room at the holiday table....

5 min November 30, 2021Author: Jeannie Ralston

Ouch! What to Do When Grown Kids Don’t Come Home to Visit

By Jeannie Ralston

One mom is floored that her son doesn’t want to share her special day—but the Answer Queen offers some perspective on what’s really going on....

4 min November 29, 2021Author: Susan Lapinski

Should She Give Barbie as a Gift? A Feminist Grandmother’s Dilemma

By Susan Lapinski

When Susan Lapinski's 5-year-old granddaughter asked for a Barbie, she contemplated the iconic doll's impact on her and her daughters and what's differe...

4 min November 24, 2021Author: Sally Koslow

A Big Family Cooking Showdown in Your Own Home?

By Sally Koslow

It can be hard to swallow (pun intended) when your foodie kids outshine you in the kitchen. Should you be proud? Or offended? Sally Koslow looks at why ...

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