Parents, when you are raising your daughters you will inevitably spend many nights reading her favorite bedtime stories to her, most of them involving some sort of beautiful heroine that survives unthinkable odds, and in the end a handsome prince will show up and everything ends happily ever after. You may then talk about these [...]
When faced with the prospect of spending yet another Valentine’s Day alone I had planned on hiding away for most of the day and letting it pass uneventfully. After all, what’s the point of all the roses, hearts, and candy if you don’t have anyone to share them with? And how to you know [...]
Is there anything more indulgent or wasteful than buying a bouquet of flowers in the middle of the winter? When I was in grad school one of my very dear friends would buy herself a dozen roses whenever she felt little down or blue and I never understood why that would make her feel better. [...]
