A Grandma’s Love Is Stronger Than DNA
This baby girl. I shouldn’t love her like I do. But, I do. She’s not mine. Yet, I feel like…
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This baby girl. I shouldn’t love her like I do. But, I do. She’s not mine. Yet, I feel like…
Continue ReadingThose who mean well squawk the refrain— “The days are long, but the years are short.” They said I would…
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Continue ReadingI wasn’t prepared for this time in our life together. I wasn’t given enough warning on how I would be…
Continue ReadingDear Son, You leave for college today, and I don’t want you to leave without telling you some things I…
Continue ReadingHow do I best mother my 22- and 27-year-old sons? Naturally, I will always be their mother; it’s a lifelong…
Continue ReadingSeveral women in my larger circle of friends have recently given birth. The photos of their precious miracles shine on…
Continue ReadingMy son is 18 years old—still a teen and yet headed off to a life at college where he won’t…
Continue ReadingFull disclosure: I am new to Bama Rush Tok. New as in, I’ve only been scrolling the now-infamous sorority soap…
Continue ReadingI thought five hit me hard. You were going off to kindergarten that year. Each day you became a little…
Continue ReadingAs we’re ushering our daughters into the pseudo-adulthood of college, I’m a bubbling cauldron of emotions. Our oldest is finishing…
Continue ReadingThe beeping of the machine yelling to the nurses about the occluded IV snaps my mind back to the present.…
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