To All the Non-Festive Moms: I See You
To all the non-festive moms out there: I see you. It’s hard to find you among a sea of holiday sweaters and jingle bells. The Christmas music is…
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The Weight of Always Being “On”
There’s a kind of exhaustion sleep can’t fix. The kind that builds quietly from being needed all the time. It’s the mental load, the emotional…
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Mom Was the Magic of Christmas
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to realize my mom was the true magic of Christmas. Throughout my childhood, she was the heart and soul of…
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There’s an Ordinary Beauty to These Middle Years with Kids
“Just wait—before you know it, they’ll be all grown up!” I heard this countless times when my three children were little. It came from the…
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I Thought I’d Be Happy When No One Believed in the Elf Anymore
My giant hanging basket of petunias had fallen from the tiny hook on the porch for what must have been the 11th time that day. My next-door neighbor,…
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She May be In Heaven, but I Still Have Coffee with My Mom
I do not understand how people can get through life without coffee. For me, it is fuel, it gives me energy, and makes me so very happy! Flavored…
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I Just Want One More Christmas
I might have missed my son’s last Christmas with Santa. I was there, and I watched it happen, but it never occurred to me that it might be his…
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Character Sits on the Bench
You see the young athlete standing on the sidelines, waiting for their chance to step on the field. You know how hard they’ve worked to get…
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To the Moms Who Love Quiet
I’ve always been the quiet one. The listener. The observer. The one who never minded silence and didn’t feel the need to fill it. Even as an…
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Catch-42: An Ode to Midlife
The night started in what can only be described as a mother’s paradise. The kids were downstairs—maybe being watched by their dads, maybe not.…
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Love, Long after the Vows
When we pulled into the parking lot of one of our traditional vacation restaurants this year, the lot was unexpectedly empty for a Saturday night.…
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What the Difficult Person on Your Christmas List Really Wants
We’ve all got one on our Christmas list. The difficult person to shop for, or the person who could have everything. But if I could tell you the…
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