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It’s So Hard When a Good Friend Moves Away

Friendship, Living
December 26, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

It’s So Hard When a Good Friend Moves Away

Sometimes you get lucky with those easygoing friendships. I have that with my friend Amelia. For the past 12 years, we’ve…

I’m Not the Kind of Friend Who’s Keeping Up with the Joneses

Friendship, Living
December 13, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

I’m Not the Kind of Friend Who’s Keeping Up with the Joneses

Sometimes, I want to be the wealthy friend. The one who rolls up in her shiny new SUV to the…

Living, Motherhood
December 5, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

It’s a Facebook Marketplace Christmas

It’s December, nearing Christmas. Early in the morning before the kids wake, I throw open the lid of the recycle…

Marriage
December 2, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

To the Honeymooners Sitting in Row F

Honeymooners sit next to my son on the airplane today. They are smitten in love. Married only last night, they…

Living, Motherhood
August 4, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

Here’s to the Secondhand Moms

Oh, mama, I see you standing there in your sweats, hair pulled into a messy bun with that ugly bill…

I May Have Wanted a Girl, But I Needed You

Baby, Motherhood
July 22, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

I May Have Wanted a Girl, But I Needed You

We had one of each—the boy, the girl. Maybe I shouldn’t have cared which way the third went, but I…

Living
June 14, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

I Was Checking My Phone Too Much

My daughter invites me to sit in her backyard “home.” She builds a pretend fire. “Is it warm enough?” she…

Take the Trip with Your Kids—It’s Worth It

Living, Motherhood
May 27, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

Take the Trip with Your Kids—It’s Worth It

In the opening scene of Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast, Belle spreads her arms and sings, “I want adventure…

I’ll Hold on To Moments of Childhood with My Preteen as Long as I Can

Kids, Motherhood, Tween
May 4, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

I’ll Hold on To Moments of Childhood with My Preteen as Long as I Can

This Christmas season, my husband took our laser light projector and aimed it at the Australian bottle tree in the…

Baby, Motherhood
February 21, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

I Wasn’t Sure You’d Be Here To Hold

I stood naked in my parents’ bathroom. Even with the tub filling, I could hear my family chattering behind the…

Friendship, Living, Motherhood
January 19, 2024
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By Kris Ann Valdez

Friendship In the Carrot Tree

“VV really wants to garden,” I mentioned to my neighbor Laura one day in passing, “but we just haven’t found…

Motherhood
November 26, 2023
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By Kris Ann Valdez

I’m Leaning into Kintsugi Parenting

My 5-year-old daughter whimpers in the darkness. “I am putting the baby down,” I whisper, the rocking chair creaking. “You…

Kris Ann Valdez

Kris Ann Valdez

It’s So Hard When a Good Friend Moves Away

I’m Not the Kind of Friend Who’s Keeping Up with the Joneses

It’s a Facebook Marketplace Christmas

To the Honeymooners Sitting in Row F

Here’s to the Secondhand Moms

I May Have Wanted a Girl, But I Needed You

I Was Checking My Phone Too Much

Take the Trip with Your Kids—It’s Worth It

I’ll Hold on To Moments of Childhood with My Preteen as Long as I Can

I Wasn’t Sure You’d Be Here To Hold

Friendship In the Carrot Tree

I’m Leaning into Kintsugi Parenting

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