I Don’t Want to Tell My Kids How to be a Christian, I Want to Show Them
I don’t want to tell my kids how to be a Christian. I want to show them. I don’t want to tell them how to love Jesus. I want to show…
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Caitlin Henderson
It’s RSV Season—Please Don’t Kiss the Babies
I sat on the cold plastic couch as my husband held my shuddering body tightly in his arms. Our 6-week-old daughter didn’t even fight the doctors…
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To the Tired Farm Wife
I see you standing at your sink, head bowed in exhaustion. I see your aching heart, filled with loneliness. I see the tears fall and the sadness that…
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It’s OK to Feel Sad About My Baby Starting Kindergarten
He made me a momma. At just a moment old, I gazed into his sweet eyes and he changed my whole world. I nursed him day and night, and I poured…
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I Didn’t Blink But You Still Grew
He ran at me, ear-to-ear grin, and I stretched out my arms, ready for embrace. As I lifted him up to eye-level my arms shook. This boy who just…
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I Married a Farmer
I didn’t understand it, this love that farmers have for their work. The way they pour their hearts and souls into it. Why they would put in the…
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I’ll Show You How to Be a Good Man, My Son
And the daddy took his little boy’s hand and said, I won’t tell you, I’ll show you. I’ll show you how to work hard until…
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Long Hair Almost Killed My Daughter: One Mother’s Warning
Last night I let my exhaustion win out, and I brought our littlest into bed with me. My husband was out of town for work, so I decided I could share…
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I Only Looked Away For a Moment…and My Son Disappeared
I take all the precautions with my children. I’ve even been labeled a helicopter mom, even though I call it cautious. My anxiety becomes…
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The Work Can Wait, But Childhood Can’t
I’m cuddled on the couch with three littles who are fighting naps. We’re watching a classic Disney movie and enjoying some much-needed…
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