By Tara Munjee Grandma’s Love Language
When I was four years old, Grandma Walsh would take two city buses to our house to care for me…
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By Kathryn Andersen If Your Kids Are Your Only Contribution to Holiday Gatherings This Year, That’s Enough
Flour coated my hands and the front of my blue sweatshirt as I carefully smoothed the dough with my rolling…
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By Vicki Bahr The Angel with Yellow Cotton Candy Hair
It was Christmas Eve of 1973, and we had welcomed our first child just days before, walking gingerly through foot-high…
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By Kris Ann Valdez I’m Not the Kind of Friend Who’s Keeping Up with the Joneses
Sometimes, I want to be the wealthy friend. The one who rolls up in her shiny new SUV to the…
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By Neely Richer The Life Mary Held
Twelve days lay between the now and the onset of labor for Mary. With trodden feet and tired hearts, they slowly…
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How Do We Keep the Holiday Magic Alive when the Family Matriarch is Gone?
For many people, the holidays are a season of delight and celebration, a time when magic happens. But for some,…
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By Charissa Bates I Do Want to Go For Coffee, But My Kids Need Me Right Now
“Sorry, I can’t meet up for coffee. My life has been chaotic,” I say for what feels like the tenth…
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We Started a Gratitude Journal—Then Hurricane Helene Hit
“Mama, go get your notebook! I have gratitudes to add!” When we started listing things we were grateful for, it…
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By Krystal Sieben We’re Done Overscheduling Ourselves at Christmas
Is it just me, or were the holidays always so much? This is a serious question. Like, I often wonder,…
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By Angela Williams Glenn Grandmas Make Holiday Magic Too
When you’re a child, the holidays come with a sense of magic, but that magic is wrapped up in Santa…
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By Rachael Ramas Our Bonus Kids Fill My Home and My Heart with Joy
For as long as I can remember, I’d wondered if I’d have two kids or maybe even three. Like many…
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By Loren Ward I Chose Her Son, but My Mother-In-Law was Made for Me
If I end up marrying him, I get to have her as my mother-in-law. Those were the words that went…
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