By Laura Niebauer Palmer There Are No Mother’s Day Cards For Broken Relationships
Every May, I wrestle with, what is for me, the most highly fraught holiday of the yearāMotherās Day. As I…
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Laura Niebauer Palmer
You’re a Mother, Not a Martyr
In front of me in line, stood a mother and her toddler, who was doing all the things young children…
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Some Say I Lost My Baby, But I Know Exactly Where You Are
To my Poppy, Even though we never met I can clearly picture you. I can see my dimples in your…
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God Gave Me a Child Who Tests Me
On a recent Sunday, my husband, son, and I headed to a friendās house under the guise of watching football.…
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Sometimes We Only Need To Know He’s Near
Naptimeāthe sacred, uninterrupted period of time when I can focus on accomplishing at least some of my to-do list. Usually…
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We Hang a Christmas Ornament For the Child Who’ll Never See it
There it sat on the doorstep, an innocuous, small, brown box holding something so small yet so emotionally heavy. Inside…
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I Want My Son To Take Pride in His Heritage
I donāt know how many times Iāve been asked the same question, THE question. The one I have grown accustomed…
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The Moment We Saw Him We Knew He Was Meant To Be Our Son
Recently I was posed a question: āHow in your life have you experienced the grace of God?ā Immediately, my heart…
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