By Jenny Rapson Best Dad Ever Books Six Flights So He Can Spend Christmas With His Flight Attendant Daughter
I always feel so sad for folks who have to work on Christmas, but usually I'm thinking about medical professionals…
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Grown Children
By Melissa Fenton A “Do Nothing Christmas” is All Your Kids Need
I have a friend who also has four sons. Hers are a few years younger than mine (I have two…
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By Jodie Utter Battling the Sting of Toxic Relatives: Why Our Kids Need Us to Show Them How
In dealing with our difficult relatives, the troublemaker kind who seem to blight most family trees, my husband and I…
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By Amanda Motisi Dear Mom, I Still Need You
Dear Mom, After we welcomed my first baby—my daughter, your first grandchild—into the world, I was so overwhelmed with sudden…
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By Catherine Gentry The Mental Load of Mothering a Teen
“Kids are messy.” I remember my mother telling me that, long ago when I was pregnant with my first daughter, and…
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By Jennifer Kish Our Babies Grow When We Aren’t Looking
I was going to sit with the baby this morning but the laundry was piled sky high. I placed her…
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By Dana Laquidara The Stranger I Call Mother
When my mother called me last September, I was surprised by how easily I still recognized the sound of her…
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By Beth Mund Why I Got a Tattoo With My Teenage Daughters
“We should get a tattoo, Mom.” I laughed. I knew it was just my younger daughter, Sarah’s way of getting…
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By Becky Hugo I Miss the Chaos and Crumbs in my Backseat
I caught myself looking in the rear view mirror while driving yesterday searching for the little girls who used to…
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By Mary Ann Blair Spread Your Wings and Fly, My Darling
Twenty years. It is hard to wrap my mind around that number. Twenty years ago this month, at the ripe…
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By Megan Vollmer Dear Mom, I’m All Grown Up But I Still Need You
Dear Mom, I get it now. I get why you would hide in your bathroom and beg us to leave…
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By Cindy Farr 6 Life Skills to Teach Your Kids Before They Leave the Nest
Your child is getting ready to fly away from the nest. He’s going to college—or moving away to work and…
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