Most of us accept that suffering is an inevitable reality in every human life, and that aging, death, and loss are universal experiences and not retributions for misbehavior, or symptoms of bad luck. What few of us understand, however, is the growth that can come from suffering. After the Darkest [...]

For decades, the term "Boston marriage" was used to describe single women who lived together and shared their lives. The presumption was that these partnerships were non-sexual. In recent years, however, the opposite presumption has prevailed, causing some women involved in Boston marriages to hide [...]