By Johanna Horn Mom, You Were There for All My Firsts…Except This One
Firsts are monumental. Inaugural. Annual. They say you always remember the milestones, the annuals, the inaugurals. You were there for…
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Grief
I Wanted to Call You Last Night, Dad
I went to call you last night. I was sitting in my room, watching grown men play a child’s game.…
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By Calleen Petersen Even a Strained Family Relationship Hurts When it Ends
Hallmark movies always give a happy ending after a complicated story. But what do you do when you don’t get…
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By Stephanie Bearden Mead If Only My Mother Were Still Here
My strongest memory of my momma is more of a feeling than a memory. I can see myself standing in…
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How Grateful I Am for a Mother Who Believed in Me
It was a hot summer day sometime in the middle of high school. I was young and naive, but the…
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By Ashley Mays A Medical Diagnosis Challenges a Marriage
It is no secret now that Albert Pujols and his wife have announced their divorce shortly after she had surgery…
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Dear Grandmother, I’m Not Ready to Lose You
I had a visit from my grandmother the other day. It wasn’t a regular sit on the porch with a…
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By Ashley Prinsen Love Carries On in the Ones We Raise
From a very young age, two of the most important men in my life were my grandpa and my brother.…
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By Kay Marie Murphy Friends Can Be a Sanctuary
A sanctuary is defined as anywhere people go for peaceful tranquility or introspection. My friends became my sanctuary when my…
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All I Wanted Was For My Baby To Stay Alive
Today is the day I’ve dreaded and resisted for almost a year: the day I face going through the white…
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By Rachel Reyna My Husband Makes Me a Stronger Woman
A little over a year ago, my husband and I went through the unimaginable. We lost our child, Lillian, to…
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Mothers Don’t Teach Us How To Live Life Without Them
When you're a little girl, you dream of marriage, children, a career, and memories that you will cherish forever—and you…
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