Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

I can't understand what it's like to be a single mom

One night over cocktails with some mom-friends, I sighed and said: “It’s hard being a single mom.” I’d been complaining about how chaotic it was at home while my husband was away ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Dealing with the office mean girls

Q: I am the only male in an office with four women. Two of them are snakes in disguise. They talk about each other to me and then team up against me, whispering like high school girls. I thi...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

My happiness may never look like my mom’s – and that’s OK

My favorite photo of my parents and me is from 1989. My mom is rocking a poodle-like perm and a daisy-print dress. My dad is wearing a beige suit and a boyish smile. He’s holding a 3-year-ol...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Do you have a parent heading to assisted living? This research can help you.

My father moved into an assisted-living residence last fall. When I visited him several weeks later, I was surprised and intrigued to learn that he had an assigned table and ate with the sam...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

In a moment of grief, the kindness of strangers

Dear Strangers, I remember you. Ten months ago, when my cellphone rang with news of my father’s suicide, you were walking into Whole Foods prepared to do your grocery shopping, ju...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Parents are hiring this man to search their kids' rooms with a drug-sniffing dog

When James noticed that his teenage daughter had taken to spending time with a new group of friends and that there was an unsavory odor in her room, he became suspicious. The Kent...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Hasidic influx sparks changes to ‘no-knock’ rules

Jewish leaders say there is campaign against community

DATE: Mar 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Durango Herald to print service schedule

The Durango Herald will run special schedules for Easter week and Easter weekend. Churches are asked to submit their services to Ann Butler at 375-4584 or abutler@durangoherald.c...

DATE: Mar 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Etched in stone, ‘living spirits’ tell sacred story

New book explores value, significance of desert rock art

DATE: Mar 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Why I let my children read books about upsetting things

“Mommy, did you know a man shot a lot of little kids in a school a few days ago?” my oldest son asked during dinner. I sputtered, choking on my mashed potatoes. It was December 20...

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Dating apps are expanding their reach: Swipe for friends on Bumble or match-make on Tinder

Ever hand your phone over to a married friend – or your parents – to swipe through Tinder for you? Or wish you could swipe your way to a BFF instead of a boyfriend? There are alre...

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

We broke up – but when we landed in the ER, that didn’t matter

He was the first man to break my heart. We dated casually this past summer, and I’d fallen harder and faster for him than I could help. He liked me, he said, but didn’t want anyth...

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family