By Jude Fullard When I Look at My Daughter, I Realize—She’s Just Like Me
There it was. Right in that moment that you looked up at me with your big blue eyes, raised your…
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By Sylvia Schroeder Each Day Is An Offering
You rode the rapids from the protection of my womb into the hands of a stranger. With that final push,…
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By Lisa Leshaw Once Upon a Time in a Classroom of 25 Girls…
Once upon a time, there was a warm and wonderful teacher who stood in front of her new kindergarten class…
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By Michelle Koch I’m So Proud of the Young Man You’re Becoming, My Son
That first day of kindergarten feels like a million years ago when I think of all that you’ve learned since…
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By Mary Ann Blair I’m Living With a Threenager—And I Love It
The terrible twos. An expression that can fill a first-time mom’s heart with fear and trepidation on the eve of…
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By Whitney Fleming To My Friend Who Loves My Children Like Her Own
“Oh, it’s no big deal,” I said to my child as she desperately searched her bag for the toy that…
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By Nikki Pennington So God Made a Boy Mom
He knew you would need to be able to run wild and free and to have someone there who could…
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By Shannon Lenz Dear Son, Even Your Football Heroes are Human
I have been a die-hard Husker football fan my entire life. I was 9 years old in 1995 and we…
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By Caroline Poser We Spend a Lifetime Letting Our Babies Go
I saw my oldest son driving down the driveway through my office window. I was in a video meeting, which…
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By Missy Hunter Daughter, I Love You Even When You Don’t Know Why
Moms love unconditionally. It’s our calling, our honor. I tell my kids I love them. I show them with considerable…
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By Laneic Lavalle Dear Son, Sorry I Suck at Playing Cars
“You take the blue one, and I’ll take this one,” my son shoves a little Hot Wheels in my hand…
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By Cindy Farr 6 Life Skills to Teach Your Kids Before They Leave the Nest
Your child is getting ready to fly away from the nest. He’s going to college—or moving away to work and…
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