Elizabeth Spencer, Author at Her View From Home

16 Texts Moms of Teens Dream of Getting

I once got the following text from my 15-year-old shortly after she’d eaten lunch at school (if a meal consisting of a protein bar and a piece…

I was in the middle of an online mom group conversation when the subject turned to education. One mama commented that her family had decided to send…

I saw a post on social media the other day that showed a picture of a coffee mug. The mug read, “Teenage daughter survivor.” It was a…

My teenage daughters teach a preschool dance class, and one night not too long ago, they had a very unhappy client. The poor thing was crying…

Today, my daughter is 15. When your daughter is 15, you know you have been given a gift, even if she is a little hard to unwrap…

When my husband and I were first married, we lived in a little yellow bungalow that a sweet older lady at church rather surprisingly referred to as…

I made lemon muffins for my family the other day. My college daughter took one bite and told me, “I need you to make a batch of these to send…

When I was expecting my second baby, people sometimes looked at my firstborn, a daughter, and told me, “Now you just need a boy . . . then…

My firstborn—the baby who made me a mom to begin with—is 19 years old. She finished her freshman year of college a couple months ago and is home…

I didn’t meet my dad when I was first born, because he was not there. Not in the room, which was fairly normal back then. Because, the…