By Laura Costea Dear Son, Raising You Right Is Worth It
You were the baby who slept nights. You were the infant who quietly stacked blocks one on top of the…
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What I Know For Sure About Having a Tween
They all say it’s coming. I have an inkling it might be true. Yet I’m holding on–I’m believing the same…
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Separating Work From Home is a Must For Me
If I close my eyes and let myself, I can still see the 11-year-old boy with his pale feet sticking…
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Compassion Holds My Heart
I lean my head in through the window of his van. The first thing I notice is the funny smell.…
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It’s Not My Dream Home but It Holds Our Dreams
It wasn’t what we had in mind—this 1914 house with one bathroom on a busy street but far from everything.…
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I Didn’t Know How Much I’d Love the Tween Years
I don’t know what I expected, exactly. But I didn’t expect you to smile at me and say sweetly, “Thanks,…
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Dear God, I Tried
Dear God, I tried this morning. I set my alarm for 6:45 a.m., a few minutes before the kids wake…
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God Surprised Me With Daughters
Once upon a time, I was 25 and crying in the car. Weeping, actually, over my just-pregnant belly. There was…
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You Keep Growing Up, No Matter What I Do
I tried to slow you down–my fourth baby. I postponed swim lessons for the big kids, I held back from…
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Raising Kids With a Big Age Gap is the Best
“Mom, it says here in the parenting magazine that by five months, babies should be responding when you call their…
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Dear New Mama, I Won’t Forget You
As I write this, I’m three months postpartum with baby number four. Things are different the fourth time around. I…
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My Past Heals As I Love You
All the parenting books in all the world can’t prepare you for the emotions that rise up when your child…
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