By Lisa Leshaw Dear Daughter, As You Head Off To College
I used to tuck love notes into her Miss Kitty lunchbox. I already wrote the “mushy one” that took me…
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By Beth Mund Our Nest Was Built to Be Emptied
As my second daughter graduates high school and prepares to go off to college, I am beginning to feel like…
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By Nadene van der Linden Dear Husband, Our Fierce Love May Be Gone, But Something Beautiful Remains
Dear Husband, We used to hike mountains together. Now the mountains we see are made of laundry. We used to…
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By Sherry White So God Made a Sister
He knew you would need someone to run barefoot through fields with and make mud pies with. Someone to run…
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By Carolyn Moore Dear Target, Why Are All Your Shorts For Girls So…Short?
Dear Target, You know I love you . . . but we need to talk about tween girls for a…
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By Shelby Skiles The Secret to Reigniting that Newlywed Spark? It’s Simpler Than You Might Think.
Dear wives, When you and your husband were dating and newly married there was playfulness, spontaneity and thoughtfulness. There seemed…
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By Molly McKnight To My Amazing Mom Friends, Thank You
The split second after finding out I was going to be a mom, the questions started flooding my brain. What…
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By Cindy Kolbe A Car Accident Left My Teenager Paralyzed—and Incredibly Fierce
I drove back from my son’s college concert near midnight. Exhausted, I glanced at my 14-year-old daughter, Beth, asleep in…
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By Amy Hurst How I Found Healing in a Stack of Paper Plates
“I should be able to get the dishes done,” I told my therapist. Since losing a baby in the second…
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By Alyssa Grace Wheatley To the Person Who Called My Wedding Pictures “Disgusting”
Not long after my wedding, I decided that I was going to post all of my photos because my good…
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By Jen Mearns Coming to Terms With the F-Word
I used to hate the F-word. I refused to use it. I would not use it here; I would not…
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By Patricia Mattheiss Dear Son, Always Remember to Call Home
Dear Son, It’s hard to believe you are an adult now, graduated from high school and heading off to college…
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