Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My grandparents took me in when I was a baby and raised me. To me, they're mom and dad. In my mid-20s, my mom started losing her ...

Hi, Carolyn: My mom has memory loss and probably depression, and visiting her is just really hard. She’s in assisted living not far from us, and I love her, but I frankly dread visits with her and ...

My cat, Harriet, is curled up on the TV console when I walk into the living room. She blinks at me, slowly. Cats blinking at you is supposed to be a sign of affection. I blink back. “Look at you on ...

When I was growing up in a Jewish school, the rabbi's son asked me, "What's it like to live with your grandparents?" It was an innocent question but not a surprising one. My grandparents took me in ...