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...letter from a Chinese woman to her American friend reflected her torment and tears. "I told you I wish a baby girl, because nothing can compare with one's love of a baby, especially mother and daughter," she wrote in broken English. Instead of bringing joy, however, the birth of a daughter was destroying her family. "My husband wants to divorce me," she continued. "When he knew the baby was a girl, he left quickly." Reluctant to blame only her husband, she pointed to her in-laws. "He is the only boy, so his having a son is more important...
...Across the country, women are working out, running hard, even pumping iron. And they are doing it not just to look attractive but also to gain strength and a sense of self-sufficiency. They have discovered the secret pleasures long enjoyed by athletic men: the heady, sweaty, solitary joy of hard physical exercise and the rosy, relaxed afterglow that follows it. "Sports and exercise make you feel better," says Gail Weldon, who runs the Women's Traac Health Club in Los Angeles. "Women want to be more in control of their bodies...
...have to push to make it a yes. That's not my job." He says he learned an important lesson from his dying brother: "My responsibility was not to save him but to love him and give what I could. My responsibility is to love the children, to give joy and celebration, not to make them accept it. That's their choice." Fortunately for all concerned, most do accept the gentle medicine of Dr. Stubs with gratitude -- and giggles...
...irony is that today's grandparents were supposed to have more alternatives than their predecessors. Modern senior citizens are healthier, livelier and often wealthier than in the past, and while many still find grandparenting a joy, others reap rich rewards in work, leisure and community activity. "They have been helping other people all their lives," says Dr. Arthur Kornhaber, president of the Foundation for Grandparenting. "Now many of them say, 'It's my turn...
...camper and spend their retirement hunting and fishing. "When we first got the baby," says Shirley, "it was really hard on me and Paw-paw." They remain angry at their daughter, who, Shirley says, pays no support and rarely visits. But the Gateses have found their grandson a constant joy and challenge. "It's been worth it," says Shirley, "because Mitchell needed us." The senior Gateses can no longer imagine life without...