Posts by sokseth

Few songs in the pop canon carry the sustained emotional weight of "The Power of Love." Originally written by Jennifer Rush and released by Rush in 1984, the ballad found…

During Week 6 of auditions on Britain’s Got Talent 2013, Dutch performer Maarty Broekman delivered one of the most unusual and entertaining acts of the season. Armed with his keytar—a…

I thought our family vacation had helped my daughter stop hiding the birthmarks she had feared for years. Then my sister turned photographs into weapons. By the end of dinner,…

Twenty minutes later, Elena Harper rounded the corner of the porch at a near-run. Her face was pale with a parent's raw panic as she spotted Maya sitting comfortably on…

The rain against the second-story windows of the Rivers home sounded like fine gravel being hurled against glass. Inside eight-year-old Sophie’s bedroom, the air was heavy with the medicinal scent…

My son promised to care for me, then handed me off to my daughter-in-law, who left me at a nursing home like forgotten luggage. That’s when I knew: if they…

My mother moved across the world after my father died. Three weeks later, I found her outside before sunrise, trying to hide a message someone had left for her. Advertisement…

The rock singer opened a sun-drenched window into precious family time, but one son looked so unexpectedly grown that fans were left wondering where the years had gone. Advertisement Gavin…

ABOUT AMERICA’S GOT TALENT America’s Got Talent,” NBC’s No. 1 summer show, with fresh new faces and familiar favorites, along with the excitement, thrills and feel-good performances that viewers have…

For as long as I could remember, my mother had a tiny blue flower tattoo on her wrist and refused to explain it. Then a nurse noticed it while placing…