When Someone You Love Walks Away, It Hurts
There’s a kind of loss rarely talked about. It doesn’t come with a funeral service or casseroles from friends. There’s…
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By Mary McConville Midlife Is Remaking Me as a Woman and a Mother
It started like any ordinary weeknight dinner. Except this night, my teenage son sat at the table, head in his…
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In Praise of Indebtedness: How Threads of Reciprocity Weave Us Together
It all started with tomatoes. After we moved, a neighbor invited us to pick from the abundance in her and…
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I’m Not Ashamed of Being on a GLP-1
I want my daughter to love her body no matter its size. So why, then, am I, her mother, on…
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Here’s To You, Late Bloomer
I talk to my flowers. Sunday school and science class both taught me that they listen and grow according to…
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By Elizabeth Pershing Youth Hockey Has Given Us Bonus Family
An open letter to youth hockey: The tape is still wet on the stick of my second-year bantam who ended…
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By Wendy C The Friends You’ve Had Since Childhood Are Special
I never thought the girl I used to hang out with in Grade 5, talking about Trolls and Tamagotchis with,…
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By Courtney Smith The Little Things Add Up
My daughter and I went on a run the other morning, and it started out perfectly. Sun rising, birds singing,…
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By Her View From Home I Love a Child in ‘Generation O’
Did you know October is National Opioid-Exposed Children Awareness Month? I didn’t know it existed until last year. No mom…
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By Molly M. Jones A Different Kind of Senior Sunday
Every Sunday during my daughter's senior year of high school, I posted "Senior Sunday" photos on social media; adorable photos…
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By Natalie Platzkoester Pavlak When Breast Cancer Runs In the Family, Genetic Testing Can Change Everything
Last year on Halloween, I got a positive pregnancy test. I wasn't shocked, but I also wasn't necessarily “expecting” it.…
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By Laura Massimini Motherhood Will always be My Anchor, But It’s Not My Ceiling
My kids are growing up. And so am I. The difference? They’re allowed to change without explanation, but when Mom…
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