By Lindsay Davies The First Time My Brain Convinced Me I Was Dying
The first time I learned relief could be manufactured, it came in the shape of a Tic Tac. A tiny…
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By Amy Keyes When Did Middle Aging Get So Hard and How Did My Parents Make It Look So Easy?
When I was younger, I had no concept of age. My parents and their friends could have been 50, and…
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By Gail Hoffer-Loibl Children Don’t Get Easier, We Just Get Stronger
“This too shall pass.” As mothers, we cling to these words as we desperately hope to make it past whichever…
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By Maralee Bradley The One Thing Young Kids Need to Know About Sex
I currently have four kids in elementary school from kindergarten to fifth grade. My kids have not experienced any sexual…
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By Her View From Home I Don’t Have Anxiety—But My Husband Does
I don't have anxiety but my husband does. We should have realized this years ago but we missed it. The…
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By Karen Szabo This is What Life is Like For a Mom Who Wears Hearing Aids
I’ll never forget the time I was standing on a dock in the middle of a lake, casually draining my…
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Welcome to Periods in Your 30s and 40s
Do you remember that day in the fifth grade when the boys and girls were separated for the "Sexuality and…
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How Can You Love an Abusive Man? I Did—Until I Decided to Choose Myself.
He walked over to the table I was sitting at with some friends and casually, yet confidently, pulled up a…
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By Shelby Skiles I’m Not Sure How Long I’ll Need an Antidepressant to Feel Normal…and That’s OK
I tried to wean off of Zoloft and couldn’t. And that’s OK. I had never really been aware of the…
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By Shelbie Farmer To the Mom With the Anxious Soul
I see you, mama. You’re the one sitting alone at the family party. You’re the one hovering a little too…
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By Michelle Tate I Am My Child’s Advocate—and Other Valuable Lessons a Stay in the PICU Taught Me
What started out to be a normal Thursday ended with a race to the children's ER with my six-month-old. I…
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By Marian Taylor To the Young Warriors Fighting Cancer, You Are Superheroes
Most people never get to meet their heroes. I have, in fact—I have met many heroes. These heroes didn’t set out for…
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