Dyan Cannon’s name carries with it decades of Hollywood history, a time when movie stars were not only performers but symbols of glamour, aspiration, and cultural change. Her bright smile, expressive eyes, and unmistakable charisma made her a familiar presence on screens large and small, and for many years she embodied a kind of effortless […]
Appearance style is an integral part of one’s image. It carries a vast amount of information about a woman. Through style, one can infer a woman’s personality, preferences, emotions, intelligence, social status, and, of course, age. Style is the collective concept of the image a woman has chosen for herself. It represents the harmonious unity […]
I thought marrying my childhood sweetheart at 71 was proof that love always finds its way back. Then, at the reception, a stranger approached me and said, “He’s not who you think he is.” She slipped me an address. I went there the next day, convinced I was about to lose everything I’d just found. […]
Twenty-one years after my daughter vanished from a kindergarten playground, I thought I’d made peace with it. Then, on what would’ve been her 25th birthday, a plain white envelope showed up. Inside was a photo and a letter that started, “Dear Mom.” For 21 years, I kept my daughter’s room the same. Lavender walls, glow-in-the-dark […]
Milo wouldn’t stop barking at the yard-sale armchair. He barked like something inside it was alive. Then my mother-in-law saw it. She froze. Her face turned completely white. “We got rid of that for a reason,” she said in a shaky voice. Then she looked straight at my husband and added, “You were four the […]
I truly believed the hardest thing I would ever face was watching my mother fight for her life in a hospital bed. I never imagined that while she lay unconscious, silent and still, another battle was happening behind our backs — a quiet test of character that would change our family forever. My mom, Shirley, […]
