My mother has made it clear that whilst she loves my brother he is not her child and will not be in her will or allowed to inherit. He and his sister feel differently than their mother.

He and my mother, who was also a teacher, faced a daunting reality: How to raise and educate his four daughters as well as his only son, my late brother, on a combined monthly salary of $200.

As the tank-heavy parade rolled into Washington, D.C., the hit 1960s song, “ He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” boomed in our nation’s capital, providing part of the soundtrack to the U.S ...

Recently, my brother asked me for a pretty big favor. My husband and I own a vacation cabin that we don’t use very often. A few weeks ago, my brother asked me if he could use the cabin on ...