By Anna-Louise Osborne Moms Show Up and It’s What Matters Most
I think I’ve decided that maybe the most important thing in parenthood is simply showing up. It could be picking…
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By Pamela Palmer To the Special Needs Mom on Stage at the Kindergartener Concert
Today was the culmination of my 6-year-old daughter’s big day: it was her turn to participate in the kindergarten musical.…
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By Amber Palmer A Mother Gives Everything for Always
My eyes flickered open and closed as I lay on the hospital bed after giving birth to my first-born daughter.…
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By A Cogent My Adoptive Mom is My Mother
She patiently cleaned the chocolate ice cream off my shirt the first day we met, even as I vehemently asserted,…
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Dear Kindergarten Graduate, My Hand Will Always Be Yours to Hold
Tomorrow you’ll graduate kindergarten. You chose the perfect shirt for the occasion. It’s a blue and white button-up. “Get one…
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“Your Son Has Autism; You Should Begin Looking for an Institution.” (We Said No.)
Unconditional love: Love or affection without any limitations or conditions. You hear this term frequently, often associated with motherhood. This…
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By Kristi Killpack Moms Know We’ll Miss This (but Maybe Not the Hard Parts)
It has been a day. You are hurrying through the grocery store, trying to calm your screaming baby and hoping…
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By Courtney Devich Motherhood Became My Dream
“Just you wait and see.” My mom always said that to me growing up (and boy, did I roll my…
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My Tween Is Gaining Independence but He Still Needs Me
When my tween son asked to go to sleep away camp, I supported his decision and his quest for independence,…
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Someday the House Will Be Quiet
Another quiet Saturday morning. The week flew by in a haze of kids’ sports practices, basketball games, last-minute grocery store…
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Should Your Teen have a Part-Time Job?
In our extremely busy home, the suggestion that our teen daughter do something “extra” evokes a cacophony of responses. This…
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By Megan Kiger Stand Up, My Love—You Are Strong
Vindictive lunch hour tactics. Room temperature shoulders gone cold. Weaponizing the whites of their eyes, rolling them back and back…
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