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 parenting stage currently holds us in…
Continue Reading“This too shall pass.” As mothers, we cling to these words as we desperately hope to make it past whichever parenting stage currently holds us in…
Continue ReadingWhen Paula and Kevin Burckard’s third child was born, she arrived with a little something extra the North Dakota couple never saw coming. …
Continue ReadingThe kids were squealing in the backseat. For the five minutes prior they were begging me to spill the beans on where we were going as I had only told…
Continue ReadingBefore I was a mother, I was a human being. A human being with life experiences, passions, fears, talents, hobbies, goals, friends and aspirations…
Continue ReadingThe memories of my mother-in-law spilled to the forefront of my mind, just as the contents of his jacket pocket fell onto our dresser. It was…
Continue ReadingI drove back from my son’s college concert near midnight. Exhausted, I glanced at my 14-year-old daughter, Beth, asleep in the passenger seat. We…
Continue ReadingFriday afternoon was not much crazier than most afternoons. My husband was mowing the lawn, my daughter was hangry and my youngest son was due to be…
Continue ReadingI remember seeing a home improvement show for the first time. It impacted me in a deeper way than the DIY “whoa, they turned those terrible peach…
Continue ReadingThe familiar song grew louder. Students dressed as antelope, wildebeests, and lions slowly filled the stage. The opening scene enraptured the…
Continue ReadingThe world of childhood cancer is one you aren’t familiar with, until you have to be. It’s a world where more than 40,000 children undergo…
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