Sometimes in Life, You Just Really Need a Win
These past few weeks have hit my family hard in a variety of ways. My marriage is going through a…
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Manndi Maphies
What If Moms Didn’t Hide Their Tears?
This was a rough morning. I mean rough. I was fighting with my husband . . . again. Late for…
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A Grandma’s Love Is Stronger Than DNA
This baby girl. I shouldn’t love her like I do. But, I do. She’s not mine. Yet, I feel like…
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A Mother Is a Gift from God
A mother is an earthly angel, acquiring a new set of wings with each precious baby she brings forth into…
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Someday the House Will Be Quiet
Another quiet Saturday morning. The week flew by in a haze of kids’ sports practices, basketball games, last-minute grocery store…
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My Sensitive Son Is a Friend Who Prays
Last night, I sat on my youngest son's messy bed, and we said our nightly prayers. I went first, as…
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We Need Each Other
Does she know the many tears I've cried, missing her so much it hurts deep down to the base of…
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10 Lessons I Hope You Learn Playing Youth Sports
Last night was my sixth grader’s last basketball game of the season. He played with many of the same gang…
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I’m the Kind of Girl Who Tells It Like It Is
"I ain't the woman in red, I ain't the girl next door But if somewhere in the middle's what you're…
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One Day You’ll Outgrow Being My Little Boy—But Not Today
One day you will come home after your first day of a new school year and not wish to share…
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Dear Sons, as You Become Men
Boys, you are currently 12 and almost 10 years of age. This world in which you find yourselves growing up…
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There’s Tenderness in Tween Boys Too
My 9-year-old son, Waylan, had a flag football game last night. It was chilly. It was windy. I didn’t want…
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