A mother has advice for her daughter on her daughter's 15th birthday, including growing up, rites of passage, trusting yourself, shining, and more!

Dear Summer, Welcome to the world. Thanks for coming along. I was pretty much out of column ideas. At present you know me as the seemingly irrelevant figure lurking somewhere in the hazy background… ...

Now there are dozens of things I could talk about here, I know that. And it’s been a challenge to think of just the right way to explain what I’m feeling as a mom, watching my first child toe ...

My letter is long enough; I could go on and on. -- Avoiding Ex DEAR AVOIDING EX: The best way to convey to your adult children that you would not like to be around your ex for the holidays is to ...

My daughter, her children and grandchildren do not show up anywhere on my DNA chart. They live 2,000 miles away, but we communicate weekly. I am sure that she and some of her family have been ...