By Emily Roussell My Mother Gave Us the Love She Never Received
Glennon Doyle says, “The miracle of grace is that you can give what you have never gotten.” It’s one of…
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Sometimes “I Don’t Know” is the Only Answer, Even For Moms
Along with the journey of motherhood comes the advice from others. Thrown out like confetti at a wedding ceremony, it…
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By Vicki Bahr Because There Were Two
Because there were two, there were gasps and tears and disbelief. There were spreadsheets developed before you even got home…
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Busy Mama, Your Children See Your Love
Busy mama, your children see you. Your children see you cooking them breakfast even after you’ve spent the night in…
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By Courtney Hughes Having Faraway Family is Hard
To all the "faraway grandmas and grandpas”—this is what my children call my parents. They live in central Canada, and…
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Finding Wonder in the Waiting of Secondary Infertility
Secondary infertility is hard. It’s an all-encompassing phenomenon that hyper focuses your brain on a single goal: another baby. The…
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By Anna-Louise Osborne I Want Time to Slow Down. I Want Time to Speed Up. And That is Motherhood.
I didn’t know it was possible to feel two different extremes at once. Motherhood is just that. I want the day…
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Helping Others First is Just What Moms Do
Yesterday the doctor diagnosed me with sinusitis. “Rest,” she said, “If you can.” We both started giggling. She knows there…
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By Deb Preston I’m Raising a Child with the Confidence to Say No
I appreciate modern parents’ focus on kindness. We refuse to raise bullies, and that’s a positive and powerful thing. But…
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By Gretchen Hoffman I Do a Million Things Because I Am a Mother
I am a hostage negotiator—my voice soothing and calm while I talk down an incensed child holding his sister hostage…
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Spaghetti Sauce Faith
It was Sunday afternoon, and I was loading my grocery cart higher than I ever had in my life. My…
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I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Two but I’m Learning
To my firstborn, I’m sorry you’ve been put on the back burner. We’ve had the best four years together, me…
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