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Family First Feature
How to meet the challenges of caring for an aging parent

By Lori Holzman Schwartz

Tempo: Second Guessing
Can my son be the only one to miss this family simchah?

By Ariella Schiller

War Diaries
Could she get engaged without her chassan?

By Chava Rachelle Vodka

Family First Inbox
“...It isn’t easy to step aside and let our husband lead, this doesn’t mean it’s a value to let go of”

By Family First Readers

A Better You
Lyme disease is an infection caused by bacteria spread through certain types of tick bites

By Family First Contributors

Windows
These are children of the night; I hardly see them around in the day. But in the darkness, the world was undeniably theirs

By Esther Mandel

Encounters
All she wants is a trip to Lancaster and not some designer bag that costs as much as a round trip ticket to Aruba

By Chashie Stern

Musings
I chuckle at the illusion, at the simplicity of her complete faith in the trusty Band-Aid

By Russy Tendler

Family First Serial
Keep it cool, she tells herself. It’ll be okay. Mom’s usually quite the charmer in public — except when she isn’t

By Rivka Streicher

Family Reflections
Even in difficult situations, there’s no excuse for verbal abuse

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

The Current
“I’m here to say that this ugly tide will be turned back and crushed starting at noon on January 20” 

By Yosef Herz

For the Record
Few threads are as colorful as the story of immigrants’ names being changed at Ellis Island

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Outlook
The best way to gain confidence in one’s future trajectory is to experience some success — however small

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Family First Serial
One week since the trip to the mountains. Nearly a week since Rivi’s entire past shattered into fragments of lies

By Bashie Lisker