How to Treat Postpartum Depression
Mental health issues are the leading cause of maternal mortality. Group therapy, S.S.R.I.s and a new medication can help.
Need a Last-Minute Gift for Mother’s Day? Tell Her She Was Right.
It may be the perfect Mother’s Day gift.
After a Yearlong Dating Hiatus, (Cautiously) Embracing Something New
After the meditation class, Mr. Flower called Ms. Savage to ask if him being transgender was a problem for her. “I guess not,” Ms. Savage replied. But in truth, Ms. Savage was flummoxed; her entire identity and social life in Oakland, Calif., was built around the lesbian and women’s music communities. After a childhood in…
My Mother, the Stranger
She would leave in March, so over the next few months, I broke all my own rules. Soph could see me twice in a week, then three times, then four. Soph could meet my friends. Soph could come to Tuesday trivia. We could be exclusive, but only until she left. In coming to know Soph,…
A New York-Style Elopement Supporting an Important Cause
During one of New York’s rainiest weekends, Ladies Pavilion, an ornate cast-iron gazebo in Central Park off West 77th Street, kept Rohit Subramanya Kalkur and Stephanie Janina Korbely sheltered during their wedding ceremony on April 30. They struggled a bit to slip rings onto each other’s fingers because of the humidity from the storm. But…
Call It Postmodern Love
Joseph Bartlett Fay and Daniel Wayne Garness, fittingly, met face-to-face inside an architectural landmark — now known as the Burns House, designed by Charles Moore, the postmodernist architect, on a hillside in Santa Monica Canyon in California. “Dan is a residential and landscape designer,” Mr. Fay said. “I’m an architectural enthusiast.” Six months earlier, in…
How She ‘Manifested’ Marrying Her Secret Crush
Allison Alyssa Flynn had a secret crush on Jeffrey Charles Hood from the moment she met him — a secret from Mr. Hood, that is. The two met in January 2017 in Charleston, S.C., at Trunk Club, a personal styling service no longer in existence. Mr. Hood worked at the Dallas location as a custom…
Heather Armstrong Was the Original Influencer
Stabilized on new medication, in 2010 Armstrong wrote a best-selling book about her breakdown, “It Sucked and Then I Cried,” had another baby, Marlo, and got divorced. Readers followed along, and many came to think of her as a friend, one they often worried about, someone who encouraged them to tell their own stories online.…
The Great C.S.A. Dilemma
For those equally frustrated by supermarket markups and interested in supporting local farmers, a C.S.A., or community-supported agriculture program, has a lot to offer. Chief among the benefits is that a mystery box of fruits and vegetables makes every week (or every other week or every month, depending on your program’s model) feel like your…
F.D.A. Eases Ban on Blood Donations From Gay and Bisexual Men
The News The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it had formally ended the agency’s wide-ranging prohibition on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, a longstanding policy that had been denounced as discriminatory. Instead, the F.D.A. is finalizing guidance that includes a questionnaire for all donors that is aimed at learning about…