Author: Amir Khan

When my husband passed away last year, my world turned upside down. Richard and I had been together for over forty years, and suddenly, there was this unbearable void where he used…

Family expectations don’t always line up with personal timelines, and money can make the pressure even heavier. Some couples find themselves pushed toward marriage sooner than they planned, with parents or inheritance…

A grieving mother has lost the zeal to live as she believes her life is meaningless without her son. But ten years after her son’s loss, she runs into a pair of…

Money can often cause tension within families, as Kate found out the hard way. She learned that her stepmother’s daughter and grandchildren had moved into the house she inherited from her late…

One moment I was standing in our narrow living room, holding the grocery list I’d triple-checked to make Marcus’s deployment pay cover one more week. The next, my mother-in-law’s palm hit my…

My name is Selena. I’m 17, and my dad Billy is a gardener. He’s been doing it since I was little. My mom died when I was 12, so it’s just us…

Then One Arrived for Me, and I Nearly Passed Out In the 1970s, Brian Connolly lit up stages as the frontman of The Sweet, blasting out glam-rock anthems like “The Ballroom Blitz”…

But Grandpa’s Clever Move Made Him Pay Dearly The call came from Grandma Harriet: construction crews were digging into the hill, cutting across her and Clarence’s land. By the time Grandpa came…

When I Found Out Why, I Had to Teach Her a Lesson When I met Daniel, I wasn’t looking for love. I was a 28-year-old divorcée, already raising my two-year-old daughter, Ellie….