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To the Woman Who Called Me Sick For Talking About My Children Who Died

I’m used to being called names. I’m used to negative comments calling me fat, ugly and every name in between. That’s life as a television news…

I would get so irritated when my kids would get clingy and whiny right as I started trying to do anything productive. It almost seemed as though any…

I heard you crying last night and telling Dad that you’re losing me. Part of me wanted to barge into the room and hug you, except the other…

He’s the kid who never listens the first time. Or the second. Or even the tenth. You can pick him up out of the line up in the school hallways.…

One of my favorite humans stands less than three feet tall. Full of energy, stubbornness (he gets it from his mama) and a smile that can melt your…

I often look down at you, and I see those sweet eyes staring up at me. “Mama, will you pick you up? Mama, will you come and play with me?” I see…

Before I became a mother, I read enough baby books to feel like I was ready to tackle the tough parts of parenting. Teething, tantrums, bedtime:…

You call for me. Somewhere in the middle of almost every night, your voice trickles out your bedroom door and through the house to my own, growing…

Your gangly toddler legs hug my waist as you cling to me. I squeeze tightly, then lower you to the floor as I gently detach your grip from around my…

Mom groups often get a bad name for being catty, judgy, or full of multi-level marketing schemes—and to be honest, a few of them can be like that.…