Community, friendship and joy can be found around the table of a wonderful meal

60 million people live as refugees today. This is my family's story of surviving genocide and becoming Americans

If you have leftover chicken to use, you have a quick meal on your hands . . .

We all perform motherhood in front of other mothers. But in my role, I have to pass judgment on the performance

Coming out to my family was only the beginning of the process of dismantling the closet I had spent years building

As a child I was torn between my anger and my need to protect her. Back then, there was no A&E show to explain it

Mother's Day feels different for someone spending it with the memory of someone they only grew close to in death

My mother isn't in my life, but I can't forget her on Mother's Day

The first time I went on a diet, I was 11. "Getting a little pudgy," my mom teased. My weight became my life

Devoutly religious cafe owner Clifford Clinton and my sex-aid pioneer mom had an unorthodox affair for the ages

The affluenza teen and his mom packed the family dog Virgil — who's now missing

The white wine mom is social, casual and easygoing. The red wine mom is none of those things

And rest assured it'll arrive on time and ready to be enjoyed

When my mom went missing, I had no idea what to do. But movies and music led me through, as they always have