As a Medical Mom, I Measure Growth Differently
In most homes, the marks on the wall are a simple celebration of time passing. They are pencil lines that…
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Motherhood
By Krystal Sieben Hannah Harper Is Every Mom with Babies in Her Arms and a Dream In Her Heart
By now, you’ve probably seen the posts flooding your feed: A young mom. Three little boys. A guitar strap embroidered…
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Watching Your Children Build the Life You Prayed For Is Beautiful
“I love you, Mom.” “Hmmm?” (A little louder) “I love you.” “I love you too…so very much.” I’d been deep…
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I Lost My Daughter on Mother’s Day: 3 Truths I’m Believing Today
Editor's note: This post discusses child loss Child loss changes Mother's Day. My 19-month-old, Julia, died suddenly on Mother’s Day…
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By Joy McLaughlin If You Give a Mom a Bouquet…
If you give a mom a bouquet… She goes to grab a vase to put it in. As she grabs…
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By JD Arbuckle Here In the Liminal Space of Parenting
It’s Friday night at 8:00. The intermittent snoring of an 80-pound lap dog is the only thing slicing through the…
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By Valerie Sawicki-Bellomo Mothers Are the Givers
As we were decorating the tree last Christmas, my son dug to the bottom of a box and pulled out…
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By Brittany Marie Hyperemesis Gravidarum Means I Survived Something No One Could See
My hands were trembling as I reached for the pregnancy test developing on the bathroom counter. It had been three…
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I’m Learning To Feel Like I Belong In a Room Because I Want Her To Know She Always Does
It took me 39 years to like myself. I mean really, honestly look in the mirror and say, “You go,…
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By Deanna Ryan Soon There Will Be No More Breakfasts To Make
T-minus 44 days until a new beginning- Math has never been my strong suit or my favorite subject, but it…
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By Joanne McHugh I’m Going to Tell You the Things Your Mom Should Have Told You
During my oldest daughter’s freshman year of college, I started being haunted by a recurring dream of an old-fashioned suitcase—one…
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The Half-Dressed Mom and Love in the Details
I am a proper mom. Not fancy, not prim—practical. I am dressed for the time of day, always. That is…
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