Dear Tween, I Could Not Love You More
I got into an argument with my tween. This happens between us—which makes sense as she’s so much like me.…
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I got into an argument with my tween. This happens between us—which makes sense as she’s so much like me.…
Continue ReadingFour times I’ve lifted brand new slippery babies up to my chest after bringing them into this big world. Four…
Continue ReadingThey say the days are long and the years are short. I never truly understood this saying until one day…
Continue ReadingIn front of me in line, stood a mother and her toddler, who was doing all the things young children…
Continue ReadingIf you need me, I’ll be over here in those "middle" parenting years. You know, that stage the internet rarely…
Continue ReadingI tried to slow you down–my fourth baby. I postponed swim lessons for the big kids, I held back from…
Continue ReadingWhen you were a newborn, I knew you as well as it’s possible to know another human being. I was…
Continue ReadingYou took a shower today. Daddy let you wash your hair and scrub your body. You lathered and rinsed and…
Continue ReadingThere are those who say that bullying is not a real issue. They say things like "just teach your kids…
Continue ReadingI fall into the bed in the guest room at 3 a.m., utterly exhausted from managing the various wakeups of…
Continue ReadingMy childhood and teen years were scarred by a terrible injustice, or so I thought at the time. It seemed…
Continue ReadingIt was 1 p.m., and the house was completely quiet. My two younger kids were napping and my oldest was…
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