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Parents Can Turn Youth Sports Toxic (but We Shouldn’t)

Motherhood
August 24, 2022
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By Angela Williams Glenn

Parents Can Turn Youth Sports Toxic (but We Shouldn’t)

I’ve loved youth sports and advocated for them since I was a youth athlete myself, so I was so excited…

Grief, Loss
July 23, 2022
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By Angela Williams Glenn

Have You Sat with the Dying?

Have you sat with the dying? Have you seen the loved ones who sit at their bedside night after night,…

We Didn’t Just Send Our Kids to Daycare, We Sent Them to a Second Home

Living, Motherhood
July 12, 2022
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By Angela Williams Glenn

We Didn’t Just Send Our Kids to Daycare, We Sent Them to a Second Home

I cried when I left my children’s daycare. And no, I don’t mean I cried when I dropped them off…

I Want My Kids to Know the Key to Success Isn’t Winning, It’s Trying Your Best

Kids, Living, Motherhood
April 27, 2022
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By Angela Williams Glenn

I Want My Kids to Know the Key to Success Isn’t Winning, It’s Trying Your Best

As I dropped my daughter off at yet another practice, I found myself questioning again—is it too much? On the…

She’s 13, and I Can Feel Her Slipping Through My Fingers

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
March 22, 2022
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By Angela Williams Glenn

She’s 13, and I Can Feel Her Slipping Through My Fingers

I feel like here, on the cusp of becoming a teenager, I can feel you slipping through my fingers as…

Baby, Kids, Motherhood
January 31, 2022
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By Angela Williams Glenn

When There Are No More Babies To Rock

I stare at that rocking chair. The arm and the legs are chewed up by one of the four dogs…

Kids, Motherhood
January 19, 2022
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By Angela Williams Glenn

I Hope They Remember the Good

Now—here in this chaotic madness of puberty, forming their own friendships, long days of ball practice after ball practice, long…

You’ll Never Regret Traveling With Your Kids

Kids, Living
August 3, 2021
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By Angela Williams Glenn

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…

When Your Days in Youth Sports Are Over, I’m Going To Miss it Too

Kids, Motherhood
May 11, 2021
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By Angela Williams Glenn

When Your Days in Youth Sports Are Over, I’m Going To Miss it Too

Each time I watch you take that field, I remind myself it’s not my game. It’s not my story. It’s…

Dads: Your Kids Love Doing Things Because They Get to Do Them With You

Fatherhood
April 19, 2021
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By Angela Williams Glenn

Dads: Your Kids Love Doing Things Because They Get to Do Them With You

This piece was co-written with the author's husband, Nathan Glenn. I remember my husband taking our daughter golfing for the…

Dear Class of 2021, I’m Sorry Your Senior Year Had To Be Like This

Teen
April 1, 2021
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By Angela Williams Glenn

Dear Class of 2021, I’m Sorry Your Senior Year Had To Be Like This

I can’t imagine what it’s like to be a senior this year. You gave up your junior prom and your…

The Truth No One Shares About the Middle of Marriage

Marriage
January 29, 2021
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By Angela Williams Glenn

The Truth No One Shares About the Middle of Marriage

There’s this point in the middle of marriage that people aren’t talking about. There’s the beginning and the end that…