Tag: daughter

The life of Katherine “Toni” Oppenheimer, daughter of the renowned physicist Robert Oppenheimer, is a poignant tale interwoven with significant historical events. Born in 1944 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, her early years were marked by her father’s pivotal role in the development of ...

There she was, sitting on the twin-sized bed in the bare room that resembled a sad college dormitory. Her slender silhouette was more noticeable than I ever remembered, accentuated by clothing that drooped as if hung on a fragile hanger. I trailed behind my father as he led the way into the stark...

Addison and Cassidy, the twin daughters of Chris and Hugh Hempel, had passed their first and second birthdays as seemingly normal and healthy girls until a terrible flu brought them to a doctor’s office. Multiple tests and frustrating dead ends revealed the horrific truth: The twins suffered f...

My daughter loves to skip. For me there isn’t a bigger indicator of her living her best life than seeing her skip down a sidewalk without a care in the world. But she knows that when we are out (especially at night) there is NO SKIPPING! Last week we were coming out of the grocery...

My youngest has been with me through the day. I spent the day with Mama and daddy. I didn’t realize my daughter was with me, until she commented on me calling Mama “Mommy,” she never heard me call her Mommy. Anyhow, I suppose if anyone was going to be with me while I was with Mama ...

Since my child came out as a transgender woman (read more about that here), I have found that my emotional stumbling blocks haven’t come all at once. They have played out over time, revealing themselves like terrain on a newly explored map. I’m lucky to be married to my best friend. B...

“Russia bans all pro-LGBTQ publications in Russian advertising, media, books, films and theatre productions.” Should this actually surprise us? After all, Russia does not have the most stellar record when it comes to human rights. Particularly when it relates to the LGBTQ community. ...

PBS and Kids Academy on Youtube has some great content, and both of the kids really engaged with them. However, a lot of it goes over their heads which is to be expected. It’s really all about the tone setting. Now having a daughter of color, what we considered a worthwhile and important conve...

I remember it like yesterday- Gideon sitting on his knees, grinning from ear to ear, and meticulously (well, as meticulously as his 4-year-old hands would allow) sifting through the boxes that his big cousin Harper had shunned to the side of her bedroom. Harper’s “Barbie bins” were...