By Nina Leicht-Crist Dear Daughter, I’ve Given You My All, Now It’s Time For You To Fly
Daughter, I’m at the end of my rope and yet I am more relieved than I have been for a…
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By Leslie Means To My Last-Born Son As We Begin the Final Firsts
I held you tonight—well, I tried. You’re 25 pounds of smushy love. My arms can’t cradle your body like they…
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By Lauren Eberspacher The Sacred Call of Midnight
Her sharp scream made me sit up straight out of a dead sleep. I shuffled out of bed and down…
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By Valli Vida Gideons I Kept a Diary While I Starved Myself
For people with eating disorders, it's not how others see them that counts. It's how they look at themselves. June…
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By Christine Carter Dear Teenage Daughter, There’s So Much About You I Don’t Understand
I don't understand why you refuse to wear tights with your dress in the sub-zero weather, as you slip on…
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By Whitney Fleming Can We Talk About the Price of Prom?
The other day while scrolling on Facebook, I landed on a dress for sale in my local moms group. It…
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By Kimberly Yavorski 15 Teen-Approved Ways to Say I Love You
Though teenagers sometimes act as though they don’t want to give or receive love, they do. Here are some ways…
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By Claudia Caramiello God Made Mothers Strong
We carry a growing embryo in our bodies for nine months, battling morning sickness, heartburn, lower back pain, and dubious…
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By Melanie Forstall I Love That My Kids Are Growing Up. Is That So Wrong?
Almost daily I stop and ask myself the same question, “Is it just me?” and I promptly reassure myself and…
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By Carolyn Moore PBS is Airing Original Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Episodes This Week—and it’s Exactly What Our Kids Need
Fred Rogers was a constant in my early childhood on the PBS stalwart Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. How many times did…
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By Karen Johnson This is the Kind of Village Moms Really Need
A friend and I were joking recently about the things we used to say, before kids, or when our firsts…
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By Bridgette Ross Learning To Connect With This Man-Child of Mine
Hey momma, I see you. Struggling to connect with your teenage son. I get it. It's hard. You feel like…
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