We follow a mother’s love through the stages of life to seek wisdom about what love is, what love does, and why love happens. We follow five mothers at five different stages of motherhood...

On becoming a stepmother. By Leslie Jamison.

If you’re active on social media, you may have come across Angel Soft’s Father’s Day commercial, “Happy Father’s Day, Mom.” In the commercial, a diverse group of people with various backstories explain how their mothers worked hard to raise them. It starts off rather heartwarmingly, as they share the circumstances that led to their mothers becoming single and forced them to “step up” for their children.

The doctors prescribe pills that cause uncontrolled muscle movements, mania, and hallucinations. Our family clings to storytelling in order to survive.

When I was growing up in Israel, there was a short-lived show on television called “Hahaverim Shel Yael” (“Yael’s Friends”), which featured a peppy girl who introduced short clips acted out by puppets. The actress who played Yael was probably in her twenties, but she was dressed up to look like a child, in flowery dresses and pigtails...