Jenny Albers, Author at Her View From Home

Living, Motherhood
July 22, 2019
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Maybe the Best Way to Practice Self Care is to Care Less

Maybe the best way to practice self-care is to care less. About what everyone else thinks. About who likes you and who doesn’t. About how you…

Grief, Grown Children
July 9, 2019
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Please Don’t Leave Me Yet, Mom

The sound of my phone startled me as I started down a dirt path in search of momentary solitude. I groaned, irritated by the interruption, pulling it…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
July 3, 2019
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We Have One of Each, But Our Family Isn’t Perfect

When my 20-week anatomy scan revealed I was carrying a baby boy, our whole family was excited. He was the little brother my daughter had prayed for.…

Marriage
June 15, 2019
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Dear Husband, Thank You For Seeing the Good in Me When I Can’t

It had been another long day and I was spent. One child cried for a full 12 hours, and despite my attempts, nothing I did pleased him. Tantrums and…

Marriage
June 12, 2019
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To the Self-Conscious Wife Afraid to be Seen

It’s not uncommon for the lights to go out on our sex lives when couplehood is suddenly redefined by parenthood. I’m not just referring…

Grief, Grown Children
June 7, 2019
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My Parents Are Aging and I Worry

I woke suddenly in the wee hours of the morning, unsure if it was the pounding thunder that had startled me awake or the pounding of my heart. I sat…

Baby, Loss, Motherhood
May 16, 2019
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The Invisible Mother Hurts and Hopes

In a world full of mothers, so many of them seem to go unnoticed, unrecognized. Forgotten. They belong to a special class of mothers who walk amongst…