By Tara Hanratty These Messy Moments Are Tomorrow’s Precious Memories
We live on an old street with perfectly manicured lawns, beautiful gardens, and freshly painted shutters that match the coloured…
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Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go
Light shone down from a cyan sky as we parked the car in the college admissions lot. It was a…
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I’m Not the Mom I Thought I Would Be, but I Am the Mom They Needed
Way before I had kids, I knew what kind of mom I wanted to be. I envisioned a perfectly clean…
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By Melissa Voelker These Days of Childhood Are “The Good Old Days” of Their Lives
When we look back on our childhoods, most of us say, "It was a simpler time back then," or we…
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By Charvi Agarwal Dear Daughter, From Your Working Mom
My dear baby girl, As I sit writing this at 11 p.m. on Thursday, you are fast asleep in your…
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By Kelly Odom The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now
It’s 12:38 p.m. I’m fixing lunch. It’s the end of spring break, the last spring break. It’s my son’s senior…
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By Amy Keyes Spring of Senior Year Is the Dress Rehearsal for Letting Go
As a teacher, I count the time in school days. And as a proud Midwesterner for life, I also count…
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Dear Mama, There’s a Story In Your C-Section Scar
I’ve given birth four times. Each experience has been uniquely different and beautiful. My last baby was born by Caesarean…
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By Lindsey Bussie If You Haven’t Found Your Tribe, Look for the Wanderers
To the moms who haven’t found their tribes, I see you. I think we’ve been sold an idea that doesn’t…
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You See a Big Family, I See a Lifetime of Love
We rarely go out in public without hearing comments about our large family. By today's standards, four kids is apparently…
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By Ruthann Weece Breaking Free from Christian Supermom Culture
If you grew up in the Church in the late 1980s to the early 2000s and you're a woman, this…
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By Kelsey Geiger To All the Mountains I’ve Ever Moved: Thank You for Making Me Brave
To all the mountains I’ve ever moved: The ones that tried to break me. The ones that left me breathless.…
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