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