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3 Ways to Help Your Firstborn Embrace Becoming a Big Brother

My oldest son turned four right after his first brother was born. Four years of alone time with his parents. Four years of extra mommy time during…

Kids, Motherhood

I Am a Wrestling Mom

As the sun is rising on a frigid winter morning, a brave and determined group of athletes are weighing in at a high school gym. They are physically…

Kids, Motherhood, Tween

Dear Busy Sports Mom: It’s Worth It

My daughter stands on the front porch every morning and waves goodbye to me as I pull out of the driveway to go to work. She is 11, and…

Living, Marriage, Motherhood

To the Mom Going through a Divorce

To the mom going through a divorce: you can do this. I’ve been where you are, staring at a mountain of changes and challenges that felt…

Baby, Motherhood

This is 40 and Pregnant

I didn’t expect to be 40 and pregnant. But here I am, turning 40 this month with a baby growing inside me. Sometimes I think I have no business…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween

To My Son at 12

My son, you are 12 years old. You are a young boy in the last days before you become a young man. You are a boy fully realized, having reached the…

I Wish My Family Could See More than My Faults

Living

I Wish My Family Could See More than My Faults

I am and always will be a self-described mini-train wreck. I’m disorganized, have trouble keeping my house clean, and my kids aren’t perfect…

Let Them Try: Learning To Be a Mom Who Says Yes

Motherhood

Let Them Try: Learning To Be a Mom Who Says Yes

Our 7-year-old asked to make pancakes the other morning. “Can I do it all by myself this time, mom?” Truthfully, I wanted to say no. I…

Faith, Living, Motherhood

8 Fight Songs for the Single Mom

They whispered to her: You cannot withstand the storm. I have had days when the storms hit me while I sat on the shower floor with my knees to my…

There’s Something Special about Old Friends

Friendship, Living

There’s Something Special about Old Friends

There is much to be said about old friends. In quotes, in the five regrets of the dying, in The Golden Girls theme song. But life gets busy,…

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow

Grief, Grown Children, Loss

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow

Oh, the inevitable, as we age into our mid to late 30s and beyond. The natural series of life states that losing a parent will become more…

Kids, Motherhood

Goodbye to the Baby Hangers

You bought them when you first found out you were pregnant. It may have been one of the first items, actually, to hold all of the precious new…

3 Ways to Help Your Firstborn Embrace Becoming a Big Brother

I Am a Wrestling Mom

Dear Busy Sports Mom: It’s Worth It

To the Mom Going through a Divorce

This is 40 and Pregnant

To My Son at 12

I Wish My Family Could See More than My Faults

Let Them Try: Learning To Be a Mom Who Says Yes

8 Fight Songs for the Single Mom

There’s Something Special about Old Friends

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow

Goodbye to the Baby Hangers

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