I’ll Never Be Ready for My Son To Let Go of Me
The arts-and-crafts tote overflowed with cylinders of petrified Play-Doh, crispy-bristled paintbrushes, and Elmer’s glue bottles with clogged applicator tips. Underneath…
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Motherhood
By Kathy Wetsell To the Emotional Mom of a High School Senior, Enjoy It
Dear moms of high school seniors, I see your posts on social media, and I sense your excitement, mixed with…
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Dear Preschool Teachers, I’m Going to Miss You So Much
Dear preschool teachers, There’s just no other way to say this— I’m going to miss you so much. You are…
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Don’t Let Anyone Rush You, Mama
From the moment our children are born, other people make it challenging to stay in the present moment—they start asking…
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By Carly Berger Nguyen There Are a Million Reasons Being a Mom Is Hard
Being a mom is hard. The endless messes to clean up. The sleepless nights and sticky fingers touching everywhere. The…
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You Are So Much More than the Doubts in Your Head
Keep pushing. Push through every doubt the enemy instills in your mind. Push through the depression. Push through the worrisome…
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Motherhood Is Hard Because You’re Doing It Right
Before having children, I had a very romanticized idea of motherhood. Sure, I knew it would be hard. But I…
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Just the Three of Us
On the eve of my daughter’s seventh birthday, I leaned against her doorway watching her sleep so peacefully. I roamed…
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By Amanda Diekman Jesus Meets Me in Motherhood With His No Matter What Love
My toddler was that kid on the playground—the one who would push and bite, erupting into a tantrum and needing…
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Dear Child, God Sees All of You—And So Do I
Math has always come easily to him. Even from the beginning stages when we counted wooden blocks on the living…
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By Sarah Trombley Kids Crave Your Time, Not Fancy Things
I have four kids, and like most parents, I’m doing my best to give them a happy childhood, but we’re…
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I Will Live For You
“I would die for my child, ”a well-known, often said sacrificial statement. I didn’t really know how my fierce love…
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