By Ashley Woods What My Daughter Taught Me About Letting Go
I watched my daughter shed the last remnants of her childhood as she folded well-loved toys into a cardboard box…
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By Amy Cirksena Resenting Motherhood
I am meeting with my new therapist. She is my age, give or take a year or two, which automatically…
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By Kimberly Keys This Is Asthma Mom Life
This is asthma mom life. It's panicking when your asthmatic child starts sniffling. What might be "just a cold" in…
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When You Feel Like There’s Not Enough of You to Go Around
By the end of the day, I’ve been stretched in a dozen different directions. I’ve been the teacher, the referee,…
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I’ll Love What You Love
From the very first time he tried bananas, my son knew he didn’t like them. That 5-month-old ate his first…
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My Daughter’s Struggles are Tough, but we are Tougher
Our “fishy” lives in the middle of our living room, and I try my best not to trip over it…
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By Anissa Kennedy Having a Holiday Baby Is Extra Special
“That’s right, my secondborn will have mashed potato cakes every year for his birthday,” I say with a forced laugh,…
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By Mary McConville Midlife Is Remaking Me as a Woman and a Mother
It started like any ordinary weeknight dinner. Except this night, my teenage son sat at the table, head in his…
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By Lindsay Sledge Please Don’t Pack the Peanut Butter
“Mom, do you see him?” my four-year old shouts from his perch on the tire swing at the local playground.…
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By Courtney Smith To All the Loud Moms: Keep Cheering
Looking back on myself as a high schooler, I remember being shy and not liking the attention on me. Not…
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4 Things Not to Say to a Family after a Failed Adoption
We were fortunate when we adopted our first child. Just months after we completed our home study, our sweet baby…
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By Rebecca Giantonio Moran In a Mom’s World, the Math Doesn’t Add Up
I peek over my son’s shoulder as he does his math homework at the kitchen table, observing the way he…
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