No Amount of Time Will Fix the Fact That My Mom Isn’t Here
Tomorrow is going to be seven years since my mom has been gone. Saying that out loud seems so surreal sometimes. How can it be that seven years can…
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I Gave Her Up At Birth, Then Adopted My Daughter Nearly Two Decades Later
Falling aspen leaves draped the sidewalks in brilliant yellows while my daughter and I browsed clothing stores and talked about boys at our favorite…
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I Am the Mom Who Couldn’t Protect Her Daughter
Editor’s Note: This post discusses sexual abuse I am the mom. I am the mom who thought she could keep her daughter safe. I am the mom whose…
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Baby, Child, Motherhood, Toddler
Dear God, Help Me Cherish These Little Years
In these little years, time goes by so fast. The hours, though, have a way of dragging on. Sometimes, I forget to take mental pictures, to…
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A Mama Always Thinks She Has More Time
A mama always thinks she has more time. As she brings that first baby home from the hospital, the words of mamas who came before her ring in her…
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The Pain of Pregnancy Loss Has Made Me Who I Am Today
My husband called me the Baby Whisperer. Not because I could talk to babies, but because whenever my friends found out that they were pregnant, they…
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We’re Holding On For the Kind of Better That Can Only Come From the Worse
To the happy couple in my engagement photo: Would you still be smiling if you knew then what you know now? That this picture of you radiating…
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The Empty Seat at the Holiday Table Still Hurts
As I get older, the more I realize how many families are suffering from the loss of a loved one—not by death, but by choice of the one who ceases…
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Dear Husband, Everything Happens For a Reason—And You’re Mine
I feel sorry for the girl who broke your heart. It was a long time ago, several years before I ever heard your name. I don’t know her and I don’t…
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To Find Good Friends, Be a Good Friend
Instead of waiting for an amazing friend to come into your life, go and be an amazing friend to someone else. Instead of waiting for someone to show…
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Don’t Collect Missed Moments, Mama
This life is crazy. It seems we are always going. The only time we stop is. . . wait, we don’t really ever stop. We are constantly going. Our…
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It’s Never Too Soon to Begin Praying For the One Your Child Will Marry
Mama, do you think there will be any men like Daddy when it’s time for me to get married? Girl, I hope so. I want you to start praying about that…
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