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It took me 39 years to like myself. I mean really, honestly look in the mirror and say, “You go,…
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It took me 39 years to like myself. I mean really, honestly look in the mirror and say, “You go,…
Continue ReadingDear Graduate, I know you’re feeling it all right now. Anticipation, trepidation, and then other times, you don’t know what…
Continue ReadingFrom a young age, I knew what I wanted my future career to look like. I pursued a path in…
Continue ReadingI was pregnant with my first baby in 2023, and my pregnancy was “picture perfect,” or so I was told.…
Continue ReadingEver since Ashley Tisdale wrote about leaving her toxic mom group, I have noticed something shift among women my age,…
Continue ReadingDuring my oldest daughter’s freshman year of college, I started being haunted by a recurring dream of an old-fashioned suitcase—one…
Continue ReadingInsecurity is something we all carry in one form or another. For me, it has probably always looked confident and…
Continue ReadingSince I was a little girl, I dreamed of what it might be like to gain an entire family when…
Continue ReadingIt was just a normal Monday afternoon, sitting in the waiting room at the dentist's office. I had one kid…
Continue ReadingIt is enough. I have had it. I had thought this year would be better. I tried to will it.…
Continue ReadingMy grandmother was astounded when I told her I had met so many of her neighbors after we had only…
Continue Reading"Ahhh!" My underwater scream garbled in my snorkel tube as the manta ray’s cavernous mouth swept a hand’s distance from…
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