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Kids, Motherhood
September 17, 2019
2 Minute Read

One Day I’ll Tell You the Truth

One day I will look you in the eye and tell you the honest truth. I’ll let you in on a little secret. Want to know? I had absolutely no idea…

Kids
September 17, 2019
5 Minute Read

Dear Kids, Your Siblings Are a Gift For Life

Dear kids, I know you love each other. I know you are both trying to figure out how to do life under the same roof and even support one another in…

Grown Children, Kids, Teen
September 16, 2019
5 Minute Read

Parents, We’ve Created “The Loneliest Generation”—Here’s What We Need To Do About it Now

Having had no fewer than 12 students (male and female) sob in my office in the past three weeks, this is a public service announcement to all my…

Kids
September 14, 2019
2 Minute Read

Dear Little One, Hold On To Your Wonder

Dear little one, As I watched you yesterday, it made my heart swell with happiness and pride and more realizations that you are growing. But also,…

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
September 13, 2019
6 Minute Read

Dear Son, What Did I Do to Deserve You?

I think it was about the age my son turned 10 there became new boundaries: too big for cuddles, tickling or crawling into my bed anymore, and most of…

Kids, Motherhood
September 12, 2019
3 Minute Read

May You Always Bring it Home To Me

When you’ve had a rough day at school, I hope you bring it home. When you lose the game or fail the test or don’t get the part, I hope you bring…

Kids, Motherhood
September 10, 2019
4 Minute Read

44 is Too Young For a Mother to Die

We sat watching the line of kids—and our daughters’ chubby little fingers—“play” the piano. My friend smiled affectionately at the group…

Faith, Kids, Motherhood
September 10, 2019
2 Minute Read

I Needed Undoing, So God Gave Me You

I needed to become more patient. So God gave me you. I needed to learn how to go with the flow. So God gave me you. I needed to focus less on being…

Kids, Teen, Tween
September 9, 2019
2 Minute Read

Dear Daughter, Be the Girl Who Lives Out Love

Dear daughter, Be the girl who reaches behind and pulls the next person up to where you are at in life. Do this because you know that success…

Kids, Marriage, Motherhood
September 9, 2019
3 Minute Read

To the Man Who Quietly Holds Us Together: We See You

You’ve always been the calm one. The steady force that keeps this family from going off the rails. The man who steps up and protects us from the…

Kids

One Day I’ll Tell You the Truth

Dear Kids, Your Siblings Are a Gift For Life

Parents, We’ve Created “The Loneliest Generation”—Here’s What We Need To Do About it Now

Dear Little One, Hold On To Your Wonder

Dear Son, What Did I Do to Deserve You?

May You Always Bring it Home To Me

44 is Too Young For a Mother to Die

I Needed Undoing, So God Gave Me You

Dear Daughter, Be the Girl Who Lives Out Love

To the Man Who Quietly Holds Us Together: We See You

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