Thanks to his grandmother’s cooking, Tom never thought he liked steak. But a celebratory dinner with his dad changed the game.

For some, the horrors of homerooms are hard to shake off. The pain of the unpopular can carry with them far too long, and that pain makes people do terrible things.

Before closing on the house, the buyer has just one question. An uncomfortable question. Is it important, or just gossip? Pray tell.

Father-son relationships can be complicated, particularly as age and care-taking responsibilities shift. But in the end, it’s the ties that bind.