By Kelley Friedland You See Your Parents in a New Light When You Become One Yourself
Dear kids not yet parents, You may feel much of the story of your parents through the ways they raise…
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By Tiffany Frederick You Never Really Know Until You Get There
“You never know until you get there,” are words my mom has shared with me throughout my life. However, they…
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By Janelle Sims We Lived With Our Adult Children—And Loved it
There are jokes, sitcoms, and even movies about having adult kids returning home to live. This is because it happens…
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By Jenny Albers Sometimes Pregnancy is An Act of Courage
Stepping up to the cash register with a box of pregnancy tests in hand felt nothing short of brave. I…
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By Laura Costea Dear New Mama, I Won’t Forget You
As I write this, I’m three months postpartum with baby number four. Things are different the fourth time around. I…
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Pregnancy Loss is a Part of Me Now
The second time I flushed the remnants of my lost child like a goldfish funeral, the ache in my gut…
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By Ashley Whittemore You Don’t Have To Spend All Your Energy Searching For Friendship
Once upon a time, I was a very social person. I was not an extrovert, per se. I was never…
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A Mom is a Mother Forever
Someday, when college classes have you struggling to come up for air, I will be there to do whatever I…
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By Tori Cromeans I Can Swim—That Doesn’t Mean I’m Not Drowning
“I Can Swim—That Doesn’t Mean I’m Not Drowning” is a working title for my life. You can open to any…
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The Truth is As a Stay-at-Home Mom, Sometimes I Get Bored
It is the early afternoon, and my eye catches the clock, only 2 p.m., I think to myself. Four or…
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By Kenzie Green I’ll Keep Living For Her
I am a broken woman damaged by the all-consuming grief and heartbreak that comes from losing a child. A child…
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By Danielle Rivenbark My Son’s Autism Diagnosis Gave Me the Tools I Needed as His Mom
I had four kids in five years. I basically spent the first seven years of my marriage either pregnant or…
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