Jennifer Senior

I Thought My Mother Was an Only Child. I Was Wrong.

I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong.

What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind

Grief, conspiracy theories, and one family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11

The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are

There are good reasons you always feel 20 percent younger than your actual age.

It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart

The older we get, the more we need our friends—and the harder it is to keep them.