By Kelly Jo Flaa Dear Graduate, My Heart Will Hold You Forever
Not gonna lie—I’m feeling a little lost. My first baby graduated from high school yesterday. He did it! We did…
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Dear Senior Mamas, That Smile Is Worth It All
“One, two, three! Say, ‘Cheese!’” About two months ago, senioritis was so ripe in our home you could smell it.…
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By A Cogent Breaking the Cycle of Motherly Abandonment
I remember lying there, having just heard the first screams of my newly-born baby girl. Feeling incredibly worn out, yet…
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By Samantha Krieger We’re on the Brink of Your Teenage Years
Dear Daughter, As you turn 13, I can hardly believe how quickly the time has flown by. It feels like…
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By Her View From Home Here’s To You, Kindergarten Moms
Everyone talks about the kindergarten graduates, with their tiny caps that won’t stay put, the too-big gowns, the beaming, missing-teeth…
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It’s Not about the Nails, It’s about the Time
Let me start with a confession: I bite my nails. Always have. I’ve never had acrylics or dip powder, and…
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By Melissa Kulp Frankenfield While I Was Raising Her, the Lord Was Raising Me
I should remember the doctor’s name, but I don’t. It was such an ordeal. 18 hours of labor sort of…
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I’ll Never Be Ready for the Last Baseball Game
You never know how quickly it will end until you’re sitting in the stands at the final baseball game of…
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What Comes after the NICU? Sometimes It’s the Struggle No One Sees.
They clap when you bring the baby home—finally, miraculously, out of the NICU. They celebrate the milestones, the trials overcome,…
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By Caitlin Van Hefty Motherhood Reintroduced Me to the Magic of Books
I am grateful to my children for so many things. But there is one in particular I feel especially thankful…
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The Doctor Said Autism Is a Marathon Not a Sprint; He Was Only Half Right
The starting gun goes off loudly and without warning, usually in the office of a developmental pediatrician. Some of the…
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By Tessa Dreyer To the Parents Raising an Only Child
"How many kids do you have?" another mother asks me at the playground. A question most moms ask when meeting…
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