Through diplomatic placements that sent us all over the world and a scandal that changed everything, we always returned to Disney World.

Did Maryon Cooper Hewitt want to suppress “bad genes” or steal her child’s inheritance? Their battle over genetics and motherhood riveted the nation in 1936.

I was only 8 when I began working as an undercover security guard at estate sales. Among the dusty trinkets and used shampoo bottles, I learned a lot about human nature.

After watching how my family treated my lesbian mom, I assumed it would all repeat when I came out. But as my grandma’s memory faded, her disapproval of gay people vanished too.

Fifty years after my mother slept with her married boss and got pregnant with me, I’m coming out of hiding.

While other girls my age were sneaking off with boys and getting drunk, I was becoming a zealot—and trying to convert my parents.

I always thought my mother's spiritual seeking was silly. So I almost couldn't believe it when a wacky new age community helped me cope with her death.