Did I Shelter You Too Much?
I’ve made so many mistakes as your mother. From moving too much to letting you stay up too late, I…
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I’ve made so many mistakes as your mother. From moving too much to letting you stay up too late, I…
Continue ReadingMy sweet child, I often wondered in our early days together how one tiny person could have so much bigness…
Continue ReadingMotherhood begins long before we hold our children in our arms. Some of us have been dreaming of rocking a…
Continue ReadingI appreciate modern parents’ focus on kindness. We refuse to raise bullies, and that’s a positive and powerful thing. But…
Continue ReadingI want a barefoot, back door left open kind of summer. One where the kids enjoy getting dirty toes, one…
Continue ReadingI'm the parent who has decided I don't want my kids to have cell phones. Not until they're much older…
Continue ReadingTo my firstborn, I’m sorry you’ve been put on the back burner. We’ve had the best four years together, me…
Continue ReadingIt was one of those days in motherhood. The long, bumpy kind—where nothing seems to go right and everyone butts…
Continue ReadingAll year we have a jam-packed schedule that consists of hockey, dance, cheer, soccer, skiing, basketball, baseball, and numerous school…
Continue Reading"I feel so sad for them," my 5-year-old said contemplatively. "All those caterpillars won't have a mom and dad anymore."…
Continue ReadingMy dear Avery, One year ago you were diagnosed. One year ago, I heard the doctor quietly say, “I think,…
Continue ReadingDear neighbors, I know our house is the messy one on the block. The truth is our yard will never…
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