MY TURN

I have made gingerbread replicas of famous buildings including the Palace of Versailles, Lancaster House, Castle Howard and the house from the TV show The Brady Bunch.

If behaviors are chipping away at the trust in the relationship, then it's important to call it what it is: micro-cheating.

There is an indescribable feeling that comes when you're teaching a group of students and they nail a move. Students will often almost cry because they are so happy.

Along with my innocence, these sexual violations robbed me of my voice. I felt humiliated because each time I failed to defend myself.

When someone is dying, their final moments are actually very powerful. I am often right next to them, holding their hand as they take their final breaths.

I swam in the freezing waters of Nantucket Harbor every day for a month—and found it brings peace and resilience.

The conversation, as I remember it, was very wide-ranging. He clearly wanted to learn but also educate you at the same time. There was definitely a competitive edge to his intellectual curiosity, a sort of restlessness.

In 2019, Mark sent me some Christmas presents, and then for Christmas 2020, he brought me a really pretty necklace and I bought him a pair of slippers, two t-shirts and a jumper.

On July 26, 2020 we were able to have another embryo transfer. It went well, and on August 5, we found out that I was pregnant.

I have competed in the 40 plus division against able bodied people a few times. It wasn't about winning but I felt it was important to show that I wasn't scared to compete against the "normal" guys.

Recently, I became aware through my work that narcissists often give themselves away before they step into a relationship.

Lebanon was already in the throes of an economic crisis when the pandemic hit—and then came the gigantic explosion that levelled my city's ports and damaged some of our largest hospitals.