By Holly Lemons Sibling Love is Like No Other
These people. This bond. This love. There are days I don't like them. There are days, they feel the same…
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Grown Children
By Rachel Reva I Am His Daughter By Choice
Dear Pop, I used to dread Father’s Day. Seeing all these families celebrating their dads—it felt like salt in a…
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Dear Future Son-in-Law: The First Man To Love Your Bride Has Set the Bar So High
Dear future son-in-law, First of all, I want you to know I already love the hope of you. I'm already…
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By Jessica Urlichs Dear Mom, I Understand Everything Now
Dear Mom, There is so much I didn’t understand back then, but now I do. I never understood why sometimes…
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By Her View From Home I’m Grieving the Mother I Deserved While Loving the One I Was Given
My mother is bipolar. Not as a punchline to a joke, but genuinely, medically diagnosed as bipolar. She has been…
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By Carolyn Moore “Your Son Growing Up Will Feel Like the Slowest Breakup You’ve Ever Known” Aches in Every Mother’s Heart
"Why do they look so tall all of a sudden?" I asked my friend as we trailed her twin 8-year-old…
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By Kayla Runkel Dear Mom, I’ll Always Be Your Baby…Even When I Have My Own
Dear Mom, Today I came home from the hospital with my brand-new baby boy. As my weak postpartum body hobbled…
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By Tracy Gerhardt-Cooper Seeing My Grown Daughter Happy Fills My Heart With Joy
Joy, frustration, pride, worry, heartbreak—they all play a role in the drama that is motherhood. Unbelievably, I’ve been acting out…
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By Kristen Brown I Didn’t Expect To Be Mothering My Mother
It’s a bizarre thing to mother your mother. I constantly worry if she is sad, if she feels lonely, and…
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By Beth Tate We Couldn’t Be More Different, But My Mom and I Love Each Other Fiercely
She's an introvert. I'm an extrovert. She has an angelic singing voice. Dogs run when I sing. She loves eggplant.…
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Dear Mom, You’re My Biggest Fan and it Means So Much
Dear Mom, You’ve been my #1 fan my whole life. You were my fan even before I was born, even…
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By Lauren Dykovitz Even Though My Mom Can’t Remember Me, She Knows Me
When I tell someone my mom has Alzheimer’s, the first thing they usually ask is, “Does she know who you…
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