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I have several friends and family members who were planning weddings for this year but postponed due to Covid. Some are having small civil ceremonies now and still planning bigger parties for once things settle down. When is the appropriate time to send gifts? Now, when they are actually getting married, or wait for the party in a year or more?

A question from my 9 year old while examining my phone case (the doctor’s name engraved on wood): “how does the doctor write his name? It would take forever!” I have no idea, thoughts?

I could use some support and advice.

I have offered to be a surrogate for my husband's brother and his wife. She cannot carry a child for medical reasons and they have been going through the process of adopting a child (seriously ridiculous process!). They are wonderful people, well educated, stable, 40-something and I have no doubt about their ability to be wonderful parents.

I've spent a long time thinking about it and my offering was a very serious thing for me. I have had a child of my own and the pregnancy was horrible. I have no desire for any more children myself and no need to get pregnant again for the rest of my life. But I'm going with the theory that every pregnancy is differe

My 5 year old son has seen the Beatles movie A Hard Days Night and loves it (who wouldn't?) but yesterday evening he started asking some interesting questions. He wanted to know why the girls were chasing the Beatles. That was hard enough to explain. Then he wanted to know why the boys were running away. Which actually presented an interesting opportunity to talk about consent. I got to explain to him that sometimes people don't want to be touched or kissed. And then I asked him what he should do if someone he wanted to kiss didn't want him to kiss them, to which he answered "leave them alone" (I'm so proud!). And, of course, the other way around as well - if someone tried to kiss him and he