By Vicki Bahr Flashback at a Funeral
The flashback was so strong, it was palpable. The funeral was over; we three sisters and our husbands had walked…
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By Brynn Burger Dear Wives, Let Your Husbands Go
I am learning as I age that the amount of anxiety I've somehow learned to balance so as to get…
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By Marielle Melling What Your Family Really Needs from You
I thought I was doing fine. Then my husband sat down for a little chat . . . We had…
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By Jacqueline Miller It’s True You Eat Shoes, But We Love You Anyway
You destroyed the gingerbread house we worked on for hours… But then you stayed at the edge of my little…
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By Karen Johnson Facebook Joins Dating Scene and No One is Surprised
Oh, Facebook. I love you so, yet you make me day drink sometimes. I mean, between your constant "algorithm changes"…
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By Abbie Dunlap I’m So Grateful For the Paci in My Pocket
Packing for a weekend out of town and to colder weather, I washed my go-to cotton jacket, dried it…
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By Whitney Fleming Why Moms Are Exhausted the Entire Month of May
I had to go to the bank yesterday. Like, walk into the bank and talk to a teller. “Um, I…
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By Nicole Hastings I’m His Widow, But I’m So Much More Than That
Apparently, it’s National Widow’s Day. May 3. There’s a day for everything now, to sandwich widows between National Eat a Doughnut Day…
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Why I’m Encouraging My Daughter to Attend Beauty School
My daughter was two when she started picking out her own outfits, each day looking through her drawers with her…
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By Leslie Means Marriage Is Easy With You
“You don’t ever have anything bad to say about your husband, do you?” she asked me. I froze. Because I…
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By Shelley Skuster Read This Only If I Die
I fold each letter and tuck them into four separate envelopes—one for each kid. Then I lick them shut. Still…
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This 10-Year-Old Needs a Miracle: Pray For Rye Guy
This is what keeping the faith looks like. Thousands of prayer warriors surrounding one incredible family, who is huddled around…
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