This is a story about my father, Justo P. Sosa, who was born in 1886. He and my mother, Amparo, had 10 children. I was their sixth child. ...more

December 4, 2007

As the fifth of seven children growing up in a blue-collar family in suburban New York, Bob Fornaro learned the art of survival. ...more

November 25, 2007

While awake in our bed a few mornings ago, for some unexplainable reason my thoughts drifted back to a Thanksgiving when I was a scrawny, knobby-kneed lad of 6 and a first-grader at St. Monica Elementary School in Berwyn, Pa. ...more

November 21, 2007

Jackson Robert Byler came home Friday from All Children's Hospital, where he has been cared for with his siblings since Florida's first sextuplets were born Sept. 1. ...more

November 3, 2007

When I was a child, Halloween was one of my favorite holidays. I have vivid memories of sprinting from house to house trying to fill my pillowcase with loot before my dad reined me in. Afterward, my siblings and I would dump our candy into piles and begin sorting and trading for favorites. ...more

October 26, 2007

Dear Abby: When I was around 10, my mother ended a relationship with the man who raised me from the age of 2. Soon after, she met 'Bill.' At first, Bill was nice, but after they bought a home together and got married, things changed. Bill became physically and sexually abusive to my mother, my siblings and me. The few years were pure hell. ...more

October 21, 2007