Glitterbugs: How One Father Picked Up the Pieces After Becoming a Single Dad — Twice (Exclusive)

Charles Bock and his new book ‘I Will Do Better’.Photo:Beowulf Sheehan; Abrams Beowulf Sheehan; Abrams Again? How was I going to do this again? When my first wife died after nearly three years of fighting cancer, I became a single father. I was bereft to the bone, financially on fumes and became solely responsible for a little girl, Lily, just days before her third birthday. Obviously, this was a brutal situation, but over the next two years, Lily and I — with support from family, friends and therapists — found ways to help and inspire each other; we made our little family cohere — sometimes spectacularly so — in a tiny but rent-stabilized one-bedroom in Manhattan.

GloRilla Clarifies Her Relationship Status: 'Single & Celibate Until God Send Me My Husband'

GloRilla in Los Angeles in November 2024.Photo:Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Anyone looking to dateGloRillaneeds to be in it for the long run. Many months after the “Wanna Be” rapper announced she was practicing 90 days of celibacy at the beginning of the year, sheposted to X (formerly Twitter)on Nov. 10 to declare herself “single & celibate.” “Single & celibate until God send me my husband,” wrote GloRilla, 25, whose real name is Gloria Hallelujah Woods.

Gold Rush's Parker Schnabel Reveals What He 'Splurges' on with His Mining Millions (Exclusive)

Parker Schnabel posing in front of hopper feeder conveyor.Photo:Discovery Channel Discovery Channel Parker Schnabelenjoys living a simple life.TheGold Rushstar spoke with PEOPLE about what his life is like as a successful gold miner — and reality television star — at just 30 years old. Thinking back on the biggest splurge he has made with his millions, he says not much comes to mind.“I really haven’t [splurged],” he admits. “I don’t even own a house except for the one on the mine site, so it’s quite the opposite.

Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos on Overcoming Grief Over Late Husband: 'I Didn’t Have to Not Love John Anymore' (Exclusive)

Joan Vassos on “The Golden Bachelorette”.Photo:Disney/Gilles Mingasson Disney/Gilles Mingasson Joan Vassosis opening up about coming terms with her grief over the loss of her late husband John.Theinaugural Golden Bachelorette, 61, spoke to PEOPLE about facing unresolved feelings of grief following John’s death while looking for love on the ABC dating show.“I really struggled with that in the middle of the season,” she says. “The Bachelorgives you access to psychiatrists that are actually at the mansion with you on the show, and so I did that.

Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos Reveals 'Goal' for Her Season, Why Getting 'Engaged' Wasn't a 'Need' (Exclusive)

After exiting Gerry Turner’s season ofThe Golden Bachelorin Week 3 to be with her postpartum daughter, Joan Vassos makes her debut as the Golden Bachelorette on Wednesday, Sept. 18Twenty-four men ages 57 and over will compete for Vassos’s heart on the inauguralGolden BacheloretteseasonVassos tells PEOPLE she wanted to end her season with “somebody I saw a future with,” but “didn’t need to leave engaged”Golden BacheloretteJoan Vassosdidn’t need a ring at the end of her season, as long as she left with someone with whom she could see a future.