By Charissa Bates Please Be Kind To Teenage Workers
“Thanks for being kind to me,” a teenager tells me at the fast food restaurant window as he hands me…
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By Her View From Home Help Me be Grateful for the Little Things
Do you ever feel just so overwhelmingly grateful? For all the millions of little things that you take for granted…
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By Katie Revai LeFevre RSV Season Is Back and So Is My Plea: Please Don’t Kiss the Babies
It’s been two years since the darkest chapter of my life as a mother. My then-newborn son, a preemie, had…
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Grandma Loved it When the Family Was Together
When God made Grandma Whipple, He certainly made her one of the best. I remember the first time I saw…
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By Holly Lemons Here’s to the Ones Who Show Up
They say it takes a village to raise a child. As the years go by and my kids grow, I…
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By Krystal Sieben Lifelong Friendship Isn’t Luck—It’s Love
Most of the friends I have, I’ve had for over 20 years. Many of the friends I have, I’ve had…
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By Debra Wilson You Became So Much More than Mother-in-Law to Me
We didn’t get as many outings as we could have—we can blame life for that. Either you were battling something,…
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By Claudia Caramiello This Is 50
I am planning a fabulous party. Campy invitations will be sent out. The food shall be Italian. There will be…
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By Lauren Mattson I Cry More Now
I cry when I’m sad, yes, but I also cry in moments of overwhelming gratitude. I can distinctly remember one…
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By Amber Kuipers The Photos You’re Not In are Friendships You Don’t Need
You’ve all seen the photo. The ones of your much-loved friends, laughing together, arms slung across each other’s shoulders. It…
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By Lindsay Sledge The House on Wakefield Drive
Jack and Nancye built a house on Wakefield Drive in 1988, the year their first grandchild was born. The year I…
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My Autumns Begins
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” - John Donne "Just…
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