Editor's note: Sonya Jackson first told this story on stage at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "Family." The Des Moines Storytellers Project is a series of storytelling events in which community ...

Thank you for all of the ice cream dates, sleepovers at your house, and being like a second set of parents. Growing up, some of us were fortunate enough to have a favorite aunt, uncle, or another ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image via Shutterstock/Oksana Kuzmina (Image via Shutterstock/Oksana Kuzmina) Lola would fully approve of this arrangement ...

Kids are incredible little beings. Endlessly strange, honest, fun, surprising. They rule, OK? I don't have any children of my own and honestly, I don't know if I ever will. In the meantime, while life ...

If you're blessed to have a fun aunt, you know they're like a mother figure—the cooler version of mom (sorry mom!). So, when it comes to gift-shopping time, you know you can't leave her out. Remember, ...

Lola would fully approve of this arrangement: If you come over to Auntie’s house, you’re signing up for dog training and treats. In the TikTok below, the self-described “fun aunt” leans all the way ...