Angela Anagnost-Repke, Author at Her View From Home

News
March 20, 2021
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NCAA Weight Room Disparities Show What Female Athletes Have Always Known: It’s Not Equal

In the fall of 2000, I wrote a college term paper on Title IX emphasizing how the civil rights law…

Marriage
June 27, 2020
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At the End of My Life, It’s You I Want Beside Me

When marriage gets hard, I picture myself old. Grayed hair, shriveled little body, with feet difficult to put in front…

Kids, Motherhood
May 16, 2020
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Dear Strong-Willed Child, You Are Worth the Struggle

Strong willed kids are a lot. It’s as though they were born to not only rock the boat, but crash…

Kids, Motherhood
February 8, 2020
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The Silence of Having Big Kids is So Bittersweet

When the kids are at school, sometimes the silence echoes off the walls. Usually, I relish in it because I’m…

Faith
February 2, 2020
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I Just Want to Feel Welcomed at Church

My family and I went to church last weekend. We hadn’t been in over a year and decided to attend…

Kids
December 10, 2019
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Let Their Grandparents Spoil Them This Christmas

Red and green wrapping paper covers family room floors of spoiled children on Christmas Eve and morning. The parents get…

Living
November 26, 2019
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We Don’t Take Thanksgiving—Or Mom—For Granted Anymore

Five days after my mom’s chemo, my brother, Deno, flew home to Michigan. We were going to celebrate an early…

Kids
August 13, 2019
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Dear Daughter, As You Head Off to Kindergarten

Dear Daughter, You’re starting kindergarten. And the beginning of your school journey means that we’ve got 13 years left together…

Kids, Motherhood
July 27, 2019
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Raise Your Kids the Way You See Fit, Mama

Can we let mothers make their own decisions about their own children, please? After they make a decision, maybe just…

Kids, News
July 7, 2019
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The Highlight of the US Women’s National Soccer Team Victory Happened in My Living Room

It was 1999. My best friend and I had just taken a break from swimming to watch the Women’s World…

Cancer
May 4, 2019
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To My Mom When She Was Diagnosed With Cancer

Dear Mom, I’ll never forget the day you were diagnosed with cancer. Neither of us cried. I’m not sure if…

Marriage
December 21, 2018
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Marriage is Learning When to Keep Quiet

You’d think by age 37, I’d learn when to shut my mouth. I should know that sometimes silence avoids the…