From the Caregiver's HAErt — Danita LaShelle Jones

For most people, the news came as a shock. During the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the most decorated gymnast in the world, Simone Biles, made a startling announcement. Aside from experiencing mental fatigue, she was…

“You sound terrible,” my friend told me. She was correct. I was in my sixth week of a dry, wheezing cough. A cold I caught from one of my children quickly became an upper…

“You volunteered me to do what?” In 2016, our oldest son came home from school excited about an international festival taking place there in a few days. His class chose the country of Nepal.

“Oh, that’s why they’re bad,” is what we’re supposed to say. The last decade has seen a rise in popularity of fictional villain origin stories. Whether it’s a segment in a movie about the…

My screenwriting class sat in stunned silence as they stared at the picture on the screen. Finally, light chuckles filtered through the room. “Whenever you think someone has already done it,” I said to…

There wasn’t a person on earth who knew more than I did at my 38th week of pregnancy. That’s what I thought, at least. With an incredible OB-GYN team in my city, a sister…

My heart sank as I walked the length of the terminal. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is considered the busiest airport in the world, and I felt like the millions of travelers it…

Usually, there’s screaming. Other times, there’s writhing and doubling over. But more often than not, there’s screaming. Every May around Mother’s Day, it’s easy to find a video where men, and occasionally young teenage…

“Are you OK?” my husband, Paul, asked, his voice laced with concern. The question seemed out of the blue and took me off guard. After a long day of work, running errands, and wrangling…

“No!” my mom’s voice bellowed. I immediately laughed. I couldn’t see her, but I heard the undertone of laughter in my mother’s voice. She was answering — or wasn’t — my very loud “Hey,…

With all odds against him, it was his last chance to win the game. During a football game in November 1984, the University of Miami was set to beat Boston College, leading 45-41. Although…