Thanks For Leading by Example, Mom
Dear Mom, Thinking back on my life as a child, young adult, and now a middle-aged mother myself, I am…
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Grown Children
By Kathy Wetsell To the Emotional Mom of a High School Senior, Enjoy It
Dear moms of high school seniors, I see your posts on social media, and I sense your excitement, mixed with…
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A Mom Never Stops Wondering if She Did Enough
Two days before my first child left for college, I swallowed tears passing the chocolate milk in the grocery store.…
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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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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 year—Mother’s Day. As I…
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After My Mom Died, I Carried the Grief of Those Around Me
When the phone rang at 4:30 in the morning, I knew immediately who it was and what she was going…
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A Mother Doesn’t Stop Being a Mother When Her Son Is Grown
I saw you in pain today. Not a physical pain, where I could hand you a Band-Aid or two Advil…
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By Tania Lorena Rivera Something Beautiful Happens When Your Parents Become Grandparents
Sometimes I watch my parents with my children, and I wonder who are these people and what happened to the…
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By Lori Jarrett Moments Become Memories When You’ve Lost a Parent
Last weekend, we celebrated my mother-in-law's 80th birthday. It was a joyous occasion honoring a remarkable woman. It was also…
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The Connection Between a Mother and Son Changes But Never Breaks
Words, phrases, entire sentences left my son’s mouth at the dining room table as if he were speaking a foreign…
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My Absent Father is the Reason I’ll Always Put My Son First
Hi Dad, it’s me, your little girl. I am now a parent myself. I now have my own little kid…
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By Alana Smith I Am Two Moms: One To My Children and One To My Aging Mother
I have two young boys, ages seven and two. I am their momma. My own mother is not well, and…
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