By Krystal Sieben Could We Take a Page from the ’80s and Stop Overparenting?
I have a confession: Yesterday I let my 11-year-old play with fire. Like literally. We live in the country, there…
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By Maria Warner God Carries Me Through the Deep Waters of Change
"Ahhh!" My underwater scream garbled in my snorkel tube as the manta ray’s cavernous mouth swept a hand’s distance from…
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Faith After a Rare Disease Diagnosis
My pastor frequently speaks of “kid pain” and acknowledges there’s nothing like it. I can testify to that. After nine…
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Good Mothers Bake from Scratch, and Other Lies I’ve Believed
I am standing at the kitchen counter, spooning banana mix into a muffin tin, when my daughter makes a proposal.…
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By Emily Washut My ‘Dusty Son’ is 5
As moms, we categorize everything. Girl mom. Boy mom. Wine mom. Outdoor mom. Farm mom. City mom. Now there’s been…
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By Nikki Specht These Little Moments Are Everything
I almost missed it, my little one. How your eyebrows lift in quiet concentration as you carefully place each block,…
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By Amanda McCoy As a Mother, There’s Never Enough of Me To Go Around
You might think that a mother’s attention to her children is something she can divide evenly and neatly. Four slices…
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By Harmony Vuycankiat As a Newly-Single Mom, I’m Learning How To Parent Alone
I have four beautiful children. Each of them is unique, full of purpose, and wonderfully made by God. Being their…
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By Kristyna Moore I’m Raising Two Peas In a Pod
Some of my favorite moments in motherhood over the past six years have been watching the bond between my son…
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By Mary Brooks There’s No Such Thing As a Perfect Mom
One of my kids once said, "Mom, you're perfect." I melted. "Aww, thank you, honey, that's so sweet." He said,…
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I’m Trusting God with My Teenagers
Last week I cried so long and so hard I ended up with a wicked headache. Some days parenting is…
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By Michelle Hurst Sometimes Doing the Thing That Scares You Matters Most
We missed our big vacations this summer, but I did manage a short trip to Galveston with my daughter. Our…
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