By Brea Schmidt My Daughter is “Extra” and the World Needs More People Like Her
She is . . . extra. She just is. All the time she is extra sad, and then extra "OMG,…
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Brea Schmidt
Here We Are in the Middle Stage of Parenting
If you need me, I’ll be over here in those "middle" parenting years. You know, that stage the internet rarely…
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I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without My Neighbors
It was a night I decided to make a full meal for my family. No food delivery app. No frozen…
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I’m Scary Good at Smiling When I’m Drowning
"I’m scary good at smiling when I’m drowning." I wrote this in a text recently, and I felt like I…
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Dear Kids, Watch For More Than Gold Medals These Next Couple of Weeks
Hey kids, You’re about to hear some incredible stories over the coming weeks as you watch athletes from all over…
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Dear Child: I Will Always Be Your Biggest Cheerleader
When you play, I will always . . . When you peak over at me from first base after cranking…
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A Mother Knows Each Year That Passes is One More Closer To Goodbye
“Hey, Mom,” she said from the backseat, “now I’m over halfway there!” We were a few minutes in to our…
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My Baby Was Made For Heaven
The sun was yawning its way down the horizon line as I stood on a beach in the Carolinas. I…
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Parenting a Wild Child Pushes Me To See the World Through Her Eyes
We call them the "wild ones." They're the ones we just can't seem to figure out. The ones who defy…
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Hey Mom, Do You Notice Me?
My 8-year-old couldn’t settle in to sleep in her own room last night so I let her snuggle with me…
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I Covered Up My Gray Hairs, But What Happened To the Silver Linings?
Upon getting out of the shower yesterday, I brushed the remaining knots out of my long hair, dried it .…
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Dear Late-Night Mama, You Are Not Alone
To the late-night mama . . . the one who is still rocking her wide-eyed baby while fighting to stay…
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