Being Your Mom is the Most Important Thing I Will Ever Do
Dear toddler, in case you didn’t know, I love being your mom more than anything in the world. I’ve had…
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Dear toddler, in case you didn’t know, I love being your mom more than anything in the world. I’ve had…
Continue ReadingI thought about you today. We took our annual back-to-school photos, and I was arranging them in a collage. I…
Continue ReadingI'm sorry I missed the excitement in your eyes today as you kept begging me to watch you race your…
Continue ReadingEven if you're not an avid football fan, you've probably heard something about a big upset in Texas over the…
Continue ReadingWe were the only ones in the restaurant, the lunch crowd not yet trickling in. It was an impromptu last…
Continue ReadingIs there anything my child can say, anything my child can do, any event that can occur that would lead…
Continue Reading"Your baby has a birth defect.” Umm, excuse me? That big, fully formed, full-term baby? The beautiful boy with the…
Continue Reading“Alright, it looks like we are all ready to go, Dad you get dressed and we’ll head down to the…
Continue ReadingFamilies, like people, evolve. Nothing stays the same, and I suppose that’s a good thing. It’s nice when change occurs…
Continue ReadingThe other day I hurried across the yard toward the swing set at my mom and dad's where four kiddos…
Continue Reading“Why is motherhood hard?” my good-intentioned, kind-hearted, and (clearly) child-free friend asked me. I paused, staring into my glass of…
Continue ReadingSitting cross-legged on the warm summer ground I comb my fingers through the damp grass. Every so often I grasp…
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