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To My Aging Dad, Whose Memory Is Failing

Living
December 4, 2025
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By Lindsey Jordan

To My Aging Dad, Whose Memory Is Failing

Dad, you just turned 70, a milestone I never expected to see. You had your first heart attack in your…

Shift Your Mindset to Grace, Not Grumbling

Living
December 2, 2025
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By Jess Gilardi

Shift Your Mindset to Grace, Not Grumbling

Sitting in the dermatologist's waiting room for my annual skin cancer screening, it doesn't take long to realize it's going…

Here’s to the Mismatched Christmas Trees

Living, Motherhood
December 1, 2025
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By Carole Hawkins

Here’s to the Mismatched Christmas Trees

At first glance, this decorated Christmas Tree is a type A person’s nightmare. Its ornaments are mismatched, and the branches…

Living
November 26, 2025
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By Christye Gibbs

Finding Gratitude

For 30 years, Thanksgiving was a wound I didn’t know how to stop reopening. It wasn’t the turkey or the…

Living
November 24, 2025
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By Manndi Maphies

The Gift of Helen’s Dishes

It is the time of year when we focus on blessings, gratitude, and gifts—both giving and receiving. I was the…

Living
November 23, 2025
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By Shara Ally

Surviving Is Not the Same As Living

For years, I mistook endurance for strength. I wore survival like a crown, holding myself upright through heartbreaks, disappointments, and betrayals.…

When Someone You Love Walks Away, It Hurts

Living
November 21, 2025
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By Jen Brooks

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…

Midlife Is Remaking Me as a Woman and a Mother

Living, Motherhood
November 17, 2025
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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…

In Praise of Indebtedness: How Threads of Reciprocity Weave Us Together

Faith, Living
November 16, 2025
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By Elise Tegegne

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…

Living
November 14, 2025
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By Tracy Gold

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…

Living
November 10, 2025
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By April Allred

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…

Living
November 8, 2025
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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…

Fitness

To My Aging Dad, Whose Memory Is Failing

Shift Your Mindset to Grace, Not Grumbling

Here’s to the Mismatched Christmas Trees

Finding Gratitude

The Gift of Helen’s Dishes

Surviving Is Not the Same As Living

When Someone You Love Walks Away, It Hurts

Midlife Is Remaking Me as a Woman and a Mother

In Praise of Indebtedness: How Threads of Reciprocity Weave Us Together

I’m Not Ashamed of Being on a GLP-1

Here’s To You, Late Bloomer

Youth Hockey Has Given Us Bonus Family

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother