Angela Anagnost-Repke, Author at Her View From Home

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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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…

Journal, Motherhood
July 24, 2018
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Single Parents Are Amazing

I will never understand how single parents do it. I’m currently recovering from just one weekend with the kids alone. I’m on my second pot of…

Relationships
July 17, 2018
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Our Partners Don’t See Our Flaws, They See Us

“You look stunning.” This is what my husband tells me on a weekly basis. And somehow, he still catches me off-guard when he takes aim and shoots…