By Kayla Runkel The Truth About Marrying Your High School Sweetheart
“People who marry their high school sweethearts are incredibly stupid.” To this day, those words still echo in the deepest…
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By Erinne Magee Oprah’s Great, But I Hope She Doesn’t Run in 2020
Oprah has done it again with her recent acceptance speech for the Cecil B. Mille award at the Golden Globes.…
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By Ginger Hughes To the Worn-Out Moms When We Forget What’s Important
Sometimes I forget. Standing at the sink, looking with irritation at yet another pile of dishes. Walking into the living…
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By Marcia Kester Doyle How Being Adopted Made My Husband a Better Father
My husband's earliest memories of his adoptive mother are as blurry as the black and white photos he has taped…
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By Whitney Lukanc The Wedding is Over . . . Now What?
I look down at my “bride-to-be” mug, then at my shiny, new wedding ring, then back again. I can’t help…
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By Jodie Utter Leading With Love When My Kid Messes Up
Years ago, I knocked on my neighbor's door to collect my four-year-old daughter from a playdate. My neighbor and stay-at-home-mom…
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By Christine Leeb 53 Ways to Connect With Your Kids
Can I confess something? I don’t always like playing with my kids. Sometimes just the thought of being the “bad…
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By Sonni Abatta In Case I Haven’t Told You Lately, Honey—Thank You
Honey, thanks. I’ve been meaning to say this to you a time or two or ten over the past .…
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By Emily Scott One Day, I’ll Wash The Last Onesie. Today, I’ll Be Grateful.
About a year and a half ago, our washing machine flooded the laundry room. I was rushing out the door…
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By Britt LeBoeuf My Mother-In-Law Saved My Life
When my husband and I started trying to have our first child, I had dreams of being the best mom…
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By Cheryl Gottlieb Boxer Loving and Letting Go With One Final Braid
Sixteen years ago my daughter was born completely bald. In this respect she was certainly neither unique nor precocious. I,…
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By Chelsea Ewing I’m Afraid to Breastfeed in Public
Confession time: I’m scared to breastfeed in public. Don’t mistake me. I love breastfeeding. I made the choice to breastfeed the…
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