By Katie Revai LeFevre To My Best Friend, Thank You for Building Me Up
To my lifelong best friend, well, pretty much—the one I’ve had in my corner since high school. Thank you for…
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By Leslee Madsen God Gave Me a Little Sister at Just the Right Time
I was nine years old, lying in a sleeping bag on Grandma’s basement floor when the phone rang. Grandma fumbled…
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By Her View From Home The Missing Grandparents
Another recital has come and gone, but you were not there. Another birthday, another Christmas, another milestone you have missed.…
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By Wendy C I Didn’t Get a Chance To Know My Grandmas
The word “grandma” doesn’t resonate with me. You see, I never really had a quintessential grandmother figure in my life.…
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By Jill Haugen Depression Took Me to Rock Bottom But God Rescued Me There
I was picking up momentum toward my lifelong dream of becoming a writer: my articles were being published, my poetry…
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By Caitlin Van Hefty Dear Teacher Mom Trying to Balance It All
To the teacher mama, I see you. I see you trying to balance it all—a stack of graded papers in…
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5 Ways to Practice Inclusion, from a Mom Raising a Disabled Child
My 6-year-old daughter JJ, has a rare genetic disorder called Rett Syndrome. She has a wheelchair, a speech device, and…
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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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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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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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