To the Pregnant Woman: Take the Picture
I’m not one to issue advice, especially when no one’s asking. I am especially hesitant to offer advice to a person when they are pregnant, but I…
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Motherhood
The Mama of the Wild Child is Trying Harder Than You Know
To the Mama with the “wild child”, I see you. I was once the person that would say, “That kid wouldn’t act like that if they…
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Parenting Teens is a Test of My Faith
Parenting teens is hard. But not really in the ways they tell you. The hard stuff isn’t the eye-rolling, back-talk, slamming doors, or…
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Wrestling With Infertility and Faith
I think at some level I always knew. In our first year of marriage, I told my husband that I wanted to start trying to conceive before we were…
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Just Like That, My Baby is a Big Kid
It hit me this morning as I sat on the couch with my oldest son. The sunlight filtering through the living room window bounced off of his features…
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I’m Not Raising My Kids in a Bubble, I’m Raising Them in a Greenhouse
People often say to me, “You can’t keep your children in a bubble.” And I reply, “It’s not a bubble, it’s a…
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She’s My Mom, and She Did Her Best
It was a typical Thursday morning, but the gloomy clouds and drizzling rain poetically accompanied a nagging sadness that I tried to ignore as I went…
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Having Another Baby Made Me a Better Mom
Having another baby made me a better mom. There. I said it. I know it sounds weird, but it’s my truth. It’s not like I wasn’t a “good” mom…
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When Only One Twin Survives
“Well, at least you’re still pregnant with one baby.” “Twins would have been so expensive. It’s a blessing.” “You can try again after…
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A Single Mother is Strength Personified
When I was 12 years old my mother unexpectedly became a single parent. My dad left a note on the counter and my mother wept as she read it to me.…
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