It Wasn’t Pretty, But I Tried My Best Today
The tears marched angrily down her cheeks as she sat on the kitchen stool, wailing. “Nooooooo! I want !!!” “You want…raisins?” I…
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Dear Kindergartner, I Could Not Love You More
The night before you send your kid to Kindergarten is a strange place. (This is a long one. And I’d being lying if I said I didn’t cry…
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What to Expect in Baby’s First Year? Sick Days.
“Alexander has been in daycare for two days and he already has a runny nose, is that normal?” My coworker, a first-time dad with a 4-month-old,…
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Baby, You’ve Always Got Me
“I got you, Mommy!” You squeal as you whirl around me, grabbing my legs. Picking you up and squeezing you close I say “You’ve always got me,…
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You’ll Never, Ever Be Too Old to Be My Baby
You were the baby. Our first. Our only, for a time. Until you weren’t. Until another came along. And then, just like that, you were big. So big.…
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God Designed Us to Wonder Together, Sweet One
If I had a degree in psychology, I could be a good mommy. I would get why you sometimes cry from the time you wake up to when I turn out the light…
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Today I Cried
Today I cried. I cried hard. I sat at top of the staircase, covered my face, and cried. When he saw me start to come down the stairs, The Toddler ran…
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I’m a Mom With Helping Hands
“Mom, can you open it?” My daughter held out a container of mandarin oranges to me from across the kitchen counter. “Sure,” I answered,…
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This is the Most You Will Ever Need Your Mama
Today was a hard day. You were completely attached to me. You woke up in the morning angry. You didn’t want anybody but mommy. “Want my mommy”…
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The Mama of the Wild Child is Trying Harder Than You Know
To the Mama with the “wild child”, I see you. I was once the person that would say, “That kid wouldn’t act like that if they…
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