The Mother without a Mother
“How is your mom?” My mother looked at me, waiting for my response. Born in a small town in the…
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Motherhood
We Love Having a Big Family
Recently, my husband and I were in a grocery store with our four children. We were on vacation, picking up…
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By Gretchen Hoffman No One Warned Me Moms Get Talked Out
Once upon a time, an introvert (me) married an extrovert (my husband). And they had babies (really cute ones). And…
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I Love Them More than I Love Myself
I read in a book once that you should pay attention to what makes you jealous. If someone describes something…
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By Abby Chase Where Is the Instruction Manual for Parenting Grown Children?
You know what’s really hard? Parenting. You know what’s even harder? Parenting a child who isn’t a child anymore. My…
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By Sylvia Schroeder The Guilt of an Angry Mother Meets Grace
“No one’s perfect,” I think. I’m mopping up my overspilled anger like the remnants of an erupted chocolate volcano that…
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By Her View From Home I Wish My Son Had Started Speech Therapy Sooner
To the parent who is on the fence about starting speech therapy for your child, I was you and wish…
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What They Don’t Tell You about Child Loss
What they don’t tell you about child loss . . . They don’t tell you that you’ll never be the…
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By Stephanie Kramm Today Is the Day Your Hand Is as Big as Mine
One of the first things I did after having your slippery body brought close to mine for the first time…
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By Tiffany Nardoni What You Don’t See Is the Way Jesus Builds Beauty from the Ashes
Here we are at a new church. Surrounded, again, by people. No one really knows me. They might know my…
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By Shaina Sweeney If Walls Could Talk, You’d Know How Incredible You Are
If these walls could talk, I would like to think they would tell me, “You are doing an amazing job,…
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Just Wait Until You Realize Every Hard Moment Is Worth It
Every new parent has heard it before—all those “just wait until . . ." comments. Just wait until you have…
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