By Holly Lemons For This Child I Have Prayed
For this child I have prayed. I prayed for you before you were conceived. I prayed with a grateful heart…
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By Emma Versace I Can’t Keep Up
I can’t keep up. This list keeps getting longer—there is always something else that needs to get done, and I…
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By Michelle K Umbehauer My Husband (Still) Loves My Body
Early the other morning as I was stepping into the shower, he came up behind me. He warmly wrapped his…
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By Jacalyn Wetzel My Teen Chose Trade School Over College and I Couldn’t Be Prouder
My son isn’t going to college. At least that’s not the plan for now. You see, college is pushed on…
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You’re Only Mine For a Moment So I’ll Cherish Each One
Time is this crazy thing, isn’t it? It does crazy things. It shows us crazy things. It also gives us…
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By Tara Parkinson Cherish the Friends Who Show Up
My daughter napped in three places during our first two weeks home: the stroller, the car, or, more often than…
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By Heather Delaney Good Friends Help Lighten the Load
She grabbed the dishcloth and started washing my dishes. Without asking if she could do them, without waiting to be…
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As a Black Mom, I Don’t Want To Question if I Belong
It happened again today. I was the only Black mom at the park. I watched my oldest roam freely around…
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By Alana Smith I Am Two Moms: One To My Children and One To My Aging Mother
I have two young boys, ages seven and two. I am their momma. My own mother is not well, and…
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Mommy, You Were Made Just For Me
I can’t really see anything right now, but I know you’re there. All of the sounds I hear are kind…
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A Mother Grows Up Alongside Her Babies
My sweet little boy, I can hardly believe you will be four soon. You are my firstborn, the reason why…
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By Jess Ronne A Mother’s Love Means She Fights for Her Children
“Luke is your favorite child,” his siblings sometimes say to me. They assume this because the majority of my time…
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