21 Easy Steps for Taking Your Kids To the Pumpkin Patch
Author's note: I wrote this four years ago, when my son was almost two and my daughter was a newborn.…
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By Courtney Devich Dear Daughter, Mean Girls Don’t Get To Define You
“Well, what did they say?” I asked her. “They said no,” she replied with tears welling up in her little…
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By Dr. Pamela Ramirez I’d Given Up on Getting Pregnant‚ But Hope Had Other Plans
This is the story I wish someone had shared with me when I was losing all hope. I never imagined…
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By Ashley Butler Sometimes a Mom Feels Completely Touched Out
I love my kids. I do. Fiercely. Irrationally. Intensely.But some days I want to disappear into a locked room with…
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Now That You’re In Kindergarten
My days look a little bit different now that you’re in kindergarten all day. The house feels quieter. A little…
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By Larissa Darter The Sacred In-Between of Motherhood
There’s a quiet space no one really talks about in motherhood: the in-between. Yet I spend a lot of time…
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By Jaree Williams Even on a Mother’s Hardest Day, Her Children Are Watching
The sun was warm that morning. I was outside with the dog, rooted in the grass, soaking up a rare…
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I’m Always the Planner and Sometimes It’s Exhausting
There’s a special kind of exhaustion that comes from always being the one who keeps everyone connected. If you’re the…
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I’m Learning To Let Go of What Was To Embrace What Is
I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night a lot lately. Heart pounding. Mind racing. Ever been there?…
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By Jacqueline Fisch The Last Home Hockey Game Hits Different
One, two, three, four, five, six. This is how I know he's in the net and the game's about to…
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I Wouldn’t Wish the Pain but I Would Wish the Perspective
Ten months ago, I gave birth to my miracle. She was born at 31 weeks after months of bleeding, uncertainty,…
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Even When Your Kids Are Too Young To Remember, Take the Trip
"The kids are too young to remember." I know you had your reasons for waiting until your children were older…
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