By Alana Smith I Want to Be a Friend Who Listens
“So then, the kids were so out of sorts since they had stayed up late, that I just totally lost…
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By Kirstyn Wegner Stitching Our Scars into Something Beautiful
I’d always admired the beautiful, blank canvas of my future. I’d always dreamed of the ways I would fill it…
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This Summer, I’ll be a Hands Free Mom
“No phone, Mama.” My 2-and-a-half-year-old is new to speaking sentences, but this was one of his first, and it woke…
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Some Friendships Aren’t Meant to Last Forever
Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold. As a young girl, I…
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Our Yard Is the Messy One Because All Are Welcome Here
Dear neighbors, I know our house is the messy one on the block. The truth is our yard will never…
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By Alicia Betz What You’re Doing Is Hard
I love my kids, and I love watching them play. I do not, however, love taking them to the playground.…
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By Jessica Swanda Work from Home Life is Harder than I Thought
Before becoming a mom, I didn’t like the idea of leaving my children all day to go to work. But…
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By Her View From Home Can You Be a Gap Filler?
When my sister-in-law had her first baby, feelings of jealousy and anger rose to the surface and caught me off…
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Don’t Ever Assume Someone Else is Watching Your Kids at the Pool
I recently attended a family get-together that involved a lot of adults, a lot of toddlers, and a pool. Any…
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I Want a Body That Tells the Truth
I’ve decided I don’t want a body that lies. I'm going to embrace a body that tells the truth. I…
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By Laura Costea It’s Not My Dream Home but It Holds Our Dreams
It wasn’t what we had in mind—this 1914 house with one bathroom on a busy street but far from everything.…
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Grandparents Create a Special Kind of Joy
Grandparents say grandkids are the joy of their life—I think they got it backward. Grandparents are such a special treasure,…
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