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You Are Missing From Me

In French, you don’t say I miss you; instead, you say tu me manques, which means “you are missing from me.” I love that. When you…

Motherhood

To The Mother Crying In Her Car

I spend an exorbitant amount of time in my car. I work outside the home and commute about 20 minutes each way, five days a week. Then, as the mother…

Kids, Motherhood

I Just Keep Loving You More

When we think about starting a family, we don’t think about how it all unfolds. We may consider what it will feel like to care for a precious new…

I Traded in My Youth For Something Far Sweeter

Living, Motherhood

I Traded in My Youth For Something Far Sweeter

For the first time in my life, I no longer recognize the girl staring back at me in the mirror. Fine lines define the corners of her eyes and the…

You’ll Never Regret Traveling With Your Kids

Kids, Living

You’ll Never Regret Traveling With Your Kids

There is something about the open road, the endless possibilities that await out there, that calls some of us to travel. We want to experience what a…

Living, Marriage

My Husband’s Quitting Alcohol (Again)

It’s late and the kids are finally asleep. My husband and I are on opposite edges of the couch, a candle flickers on the windowsill, rain drips…

Dear New Mom, Give Yourself a Little More Grace

Baby, Motherhood

Dear New Mom, Give Yourself a Little More Grace

Last summer, my friend and I sat with our husbands on the porch at our rented beach bungalow, vision casting the lives we now lead—those as new…

Baby, Child, Motherhood, Toddler

I Love Being a Mom of All Boys

“Three boys? That’s so sad!” That’s what someone said to me last week, as she looked upon the smiling faces of my precious little guys. But,…

You’re Going Off To College and I’m Trying To Let Go

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen

You’re Going Off To College and I’m Trying To Let Go

I still smell my son’s head. He is 18 and witty and a homebody and his hair always smells like, well, him. He is mostly always parked in his…

Marriage

We Didn’t Know How To Be Married

Did any of you really know what marriage would be like when you said, “I do”? I mean, how can we possibly know? Well, I thought I did. You know,…

Motherhood

There’s No Shame in Being a B- Mom

I opened the refrigerator door after dinner to store leftover chicken noodle soup. A neatly packed lunch bag caught my eye. Something was off. Of my…

There is No Wrong Way To Grieve the Loss of a Child

Grief, Loss

There is No Wrong Way To Grieve the Loss of a Child

I lost my first child at 42 weeks due to his umbilical cord wrapping around his neck shortly before birth. I went in for a routine appointment where…

You Are Missing From Me

To The Mother Crying In Her Car

I Just Keep Loving You More

I Traded in My Youth For Something Far Sweeter

You’ll Never Regret Traveling With Your Kids

My Husband’s Quitting Alcohol (Again)

Dear New Mom, Give Yourself a Little More Grace

I Love Being a Mom of All Boys

You’re Going Off To College and I’m Trying To Let Go

We Didn’t Know How To Be Married

There’s No Shame in Being a B- Mom

There is No Wrong Way To Grieve the Loss of a Child

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