By Lisa Leshaw The Angel on the Train
To celebrate high school graduation my parents paid for a trip to Washington, D.C. so I could visit my favorite…
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By Crystal Duffy My Mommy Friends Helped Me Survive Bedrest and Beyond
When my daughter Abby was 15 months old, my Mommy friends and I competed in a 5K obstacle mud run in Galveston…
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By Maralee Bradley Raising Kids Who are Close in Age is Easier Than You Think
I have six kids. Those six kids came to me over the course of 7 years through a mix of…
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By Christen Bell What Every new Mom Wants to Hear
Since becoming a mom… scratch that, ever since I was first pregnant, I have officially moved around my pet peeve…
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By Debbie Wilkins Baisden What if Your Mom Guilt Is a Lie?
Being a perfect mom is simply an unrealistic expectation. What does a “perfect mom” even mean?!? We cannot always be…
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By Carolyn Moore She’s From Where? New Miss America Makes History
As a little girl, I used to watch the women in the Miss America pageant with their sequined ball gowns…
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By Traci Rhoades Before You Get A Divorce, Can I Tell You A Story?
My friends had a good marriage. They worked at it, shuffling shifts at work, which often meant they saw one another…
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By Amanda Wells To the Woman Who Called my Kids “Dirty”
You don’t know me. We’ve never met but living in a small town, we probably know some of the same…
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By Jessica McCaslin Dear Teacher: I’ll Buy You Those Darn Kleenexes, And Whatever Else
Dear Teachers of my Children: Thank you for choosing teaching as an occupation. Because there are people like you willing…
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By Kayla Friehe Mama, come down from Judgement Hill
Hey Mama. Come down here, yep, right.down.here. Stand up, shake it off, and walk down judgement hill. Even if its…
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By Desiree Fortin To My 12 Remaining Embryos
To my 12 remaining embryos, The day we learned there were 14 of you, we instantly knew our story of…
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By Sarah Whitman Because Bad Things Happen to Good People
I believe in God, in part, because bad things happen to good people. Yes, you read my words right. I…
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