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Deployment Gets Hard At the 2-Month Mark: Here’s How To Cope

Motherhood
April 4, 2023
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By Ali Van Arsdale

Deployment Gets Hard At the 2-Month Mark: Here’s How To Cope

My husband and I have experienced two extensive deployments together—the first as newlyweds and now, as parents to four. It…

Your Kids Will Remember the Way You Say Hello

Kids, Motherhood
April 3, 2023
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By Melissa Miller

Your Kids Will Remember the Way You Say Hello

When my kids were little, they scuttled into my room in their jammies first thing in the morning. I’d greet…

Kids, Motherhood
April 3, 2023
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By Amanda McCoy

Kindergarten is Magic

My 5-year-old daughter isn’t quite a young lady, but she’s not a toddler either. There’s magic in this in-between as…

Faith, Kids, Motherhood
April 2, 2023
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By Christa Barnet

“Dear God, Thank You. Amen.”

One of my 2-year-olds grabbed my hand tonight as we were snuggling on the couch together with his twin. “Dear…

10 Things Your Special Needs Mom Friend Might Not Be Telling You

Friendship, Motherhood
April 2, 2023
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By Claire McMurray

10 Things Your Special Needs Mom Friend Might Not Be Telling You

Two years ago, my youngest daughter was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome—a progressive genetic disorder characterized by the inability to speak,…

Motherhood
April 1, 2023
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By Stephanie Whitehead

The Light of Adoption

Light—it comes in many different forms. From the sun during the day and sometimes the moon at night. From a…

I Will Not Shame My Body the Way My Mother Did

Living, Motherhood
March 31, 2023
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By Her View From Home

I Will Not Shame My Body the Way My Mother Did

The words we say about ourselves are powerful. Not only do they impact us, but they also influence the way…

Don’t Call, Text (and Other Things You Need to Know about Me As Your Mom Friend)

Friendship, Living, Motherhood
March 30, 2023
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By Kelley Friedland

Don’t Call, Text (and Other Things You Need to Know about Me As Your Mom Friend)

This is the kind of mom I am right now. Don’t talk to me during gymnastics class or swim class—this…

Baby, Motherhood
March 30, 2023
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By Heather Peters Candela

There’s No Hard like NICU Hard

To the mamas and daddies navigating the NICU: There’s no hard like NICU hard. Seeing your spanking-new beloved placed in…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
March 29, 2023
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By Allie Gravitt

I Am the Griever

As I write this, my mother-in-law is in the ICU. We don’t expect her to leave. She’s too young. Sixty-four.…

Dear Daughter, It’s Okay If You Hate Me Right Now

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
March 28, 2023
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By Kayci Villarreal

Dear Daughter, It’s Okay If You Hate Me Right Now

Dear daughter: I've heard it from you a thousand times when you don't get your way. You yell it when…

Friendship, Living, Motherhood
March 28, 2023
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By Alisha Bisbee

Anxious Moms Need Friends Too

When I was 32, my family and I decided to move out of state. The state I had lived in…

Motherhood

Deployment Gets Hard At the 2-Month Mark: Here’s How To Cope

Your Kids Will Remember the Way You Say Hello

Kindergarten is Magic

“Dear God, Thank You. Amen.”

10 Things Your Special Needs Mom Friend Might Not Be Telling You

The Light of Adoption

I Will Not Shame My Body the Way My Mother Did

Don’t Call, Text (and Other Things You Need to Know about Me As Your Mom Friend)

There’s No Hard like NICU Hard

I Am the Griever

Dear Daughter, It’s Okay If You Hate Me Right Now

Anxious Moms Need Friends Too

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So God Made a Mother