Angela Anagnost-Repke, Author at Her View From Home

Kids
December 10, 2019
3 Minute Read

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 out screwdrivers to open the…

Living
November 26, 2019
5 Minute Read

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 Thanksgiving with all three of my…

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 under the same…

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 nod in agreement and keep our…

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 Cup Finals where the US played China on our home…

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 it was because we were just too numb…

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 mudslide that can occur when you have to…

Faith
December 16, 2018
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“God’s Bigger Than You, You Know.”

We were going to be late . . . again. I still had to get my 4-year-old daughter into the car, drive to my son’s elementary school, walk across the…

Faith, Kids, Motherhood
September 28, 2018
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Becoming a Mom Made Me Terrible at Prayer

I recently cleaned out the drawer of my nightstand. It was crammed with old papers, books, mismatched earrings, and all-around junk. Inside, I…

Kids, Motherhood
August 7, 2018
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3 Minute Read

My Mom Rarely Played With Me as a Kid and I Turned Out Just Fine

My mom rarely played with me when I was a kid. Nope, she never got on the floor to play Barbies. She never played house or school with us. She…