5 Simple Ways to Get Your Kids Talking
My oldest is nine. He and I are tight. He and I get each other. And I have visions of him being 18, sitting at the table with me, sipping coffee, and…
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Ashli Brehm
There’s Proof of Life in Every Corner of Our Home
“I love that you can see the football field,” my husband said as we sat at the dinner table. He was looking out the windows to our backyard. The…
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How to Put Your Children to Bed in 46 Easy Steps
It was time. It had to happen. We’d had a good run at pouring our children into bed at 11:30 p.m., sweaty, sticky, and exhausted from their…
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Parenting is Exhausting but Beautiful
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Charles Dickens. Smart guy, that one. Over the last several years, I’ve repeated those words…
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I’m Content in This Stage of Motherhood
“You’re gonna miss this . . .” I heard it all the time from other moms. From strangers at the store. As I was a harried…
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10 Ways To Coexist With a Tween Boy
Nine. My oldest boy flipped the calendar another year recently. And he turned nine. What in the sam hill has happened to the tiny baby who screamed…
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The Church Is Not a Building
I grew up going to church. Nearly every Sunday, we would get dressed in our Sunday best. We would drive the couple blocks to the small white…
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Stay Little, My Dear
Stay little, my dear. I whisper it as I watch you. Digging in the sand. Laughing in the sunshine. No longer a baby. But not yet a school-aged…
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Hey There, Friend…I’ll See You In 20 Years
“We need to get together . . . “ Have you said these words? Likely. Likely you say them in a text once a week. Or on a phone call. Or in…
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She’s More Than Just My Go-To Babysitter—She’s the Daughter I Never Had
Oh, girl. I know you don’t know how it feels. But when you call me “second mom” I get a sort of butterfly feeling in my stomach. Because I know…
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