Articles by Edy

When my husband, Professor James Carter, invited me to his “Bring Your Spouse to Work Day,” I expected dry lectures and faculty small talk. I never […]

For 15 years, Mr. Daniels was the beloved middle school science teacher—the one who stayed late to tutor struggling students, chaperoned every field trip, and won “Teacher of […]

For twelve years, it was just Sophia and me—through diaper changes, first days of school, and midnight fevers. I was Mom. Until the day her biological […]

For six months, I thought my husband had insomnia. Like clockwork, he’d slip out of bed at 2:17 AM, creep downstairs, and disappear for exactly 32 minutes. […]

When Emily Dawson, a healthy 29-year-old teacher, noticed a faint red rash on her ankles, she assumed it was just dry skin. But when the […]

For five years, I believed my wife, Sarah, was visiting her college friends every third weekend. She’d pack her overnight bag, kiss me goodbye, and […]

Three days before my wedding, I stopped at a gas station to fill up my car. A man in line behind me stared at my […]

I was 19, terrified, and clutching my clinic paperwork when the taxi driver glanced in his rearview mirror. “Is that Planned Parenthood?” he asked. Before I […]

When my daughter, Lily, handed me her preschool graduation invitation list, my heart stopped at one name: “Daddy.” The problem? The man she calls “Daddy” isn’t […]

The words “You have breast cancer” still echoed in my ears when the envelope arrived. Thick, legal, and stamped with our family lawyer’s insignia. Inside, divorce papers—filed […]