By Micah Klug Dear Daughter, Your Heart Is Full of Beauty
Your father came home with a huge smile on his face after taking you and your brothers to the mall,…
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By Christina Antus Most of Love’s Moments Aren’t Loud
My three-year-old son asked for a pair of Crocs at the grocery store and we made a deal: be good,…
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By Brynn Burger Dear Anxiety, You’re Robbing My Kids of Their Mama
I remember spending countless family dinners gathered around my grandma's kitchen table with cousins, aunts and uncles, and my grandma…
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By Jodie Utter It’s OK To Cry—The World Needs Your Empathy
It's taken me my whole life to realize I have a superpower—and that it's empathy. For me, it manifests first…
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By Esther Vandersluis My Hurting Heart Was Masked By Motherhood
I was trying to escape motherhood and I didn't realize it. I was in a dark place and I didn't…
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By Nadene van der Linden What To Do When The Mental Load of Motherhood Is Overwhelming
I feel you in the dullness behind my eyes and in the heaviness of my arms and legs. I hear…
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Dear Pop Culture, Quit Making Dads Look Like Deadbeats
From my earliest TV memories of Tim Allen and Al Bundy, mainstream media has made husbands and fathers look like…
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By Katie Weber Silencing the Lies of Divorce
I am sitting here crying while I type this. I am hurting and I can't even pinpoint from what. Rejection.…
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By Shelby Spear I Had a Hysterectomy and It’s Important You Know Why
While we all haven’t had a hysterectomy, as women we do all journey along with a uterus for a time.…
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“It’s Good To Question Yourself” and Other Parenting Truths From a Clinical Psychologist
Preparing for my daughter’s recent school camp was a time of excitement, list checking and shopping for items. Nerves about…
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By Jen Mearns I’m a College Educated, Middle Class Mother; Postpartum Anxiety Landed Me In a Psychiatric Hospital
Shame . . . is what I felt in the Emergency Room telling them I needed psychiatric help. Shame .…
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By Shannon Lenz Motherhood Was Supposed To Be Paradise
The needle in my spine sent shock waves of pain straight down my leg. I felt one short breath away…
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