My daughter spent weeks crocheting hats for sick children, but the day my husband left on a business trip, we came home to find her hard work gone… and my mother-in-law standing in the doorway, admitting she threw everything away. She thought she’d won, but she didn’t count on what my husband did next! My ten-year-old daughter, Emma, lost her dad when she was just three. For years, it was just the two of us against the world. Then I met Daniel, and eventually we married. From the very first

In 13 years of marriage, my wife Lauren and I never missed a single birthday, anniversary, or any excuse to celebrate as a family. So when she suddenly said she wanted to skip her birthday this year, I agreed—at first. But then a notification on her phone made me realize something I never expected: our marriage wasn’t exactly what I thought it was. I’m Evan, 40, and my wife Lauren is 38. We have an 11-year-old son, Caleb, who basically runs the show in our lives. We’re not perfect, but