To The Mom of a Teen Boy, You’re (Still) the One He Needs
People prepared me well to parent babies and toddlers. There were lots of books, advice, and frequent check-ins. I couldn’t…
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People prepared me well to parent babies and toddlers. There were lots of books, advice, and frequent check-ins. I couldn’t…
Continue ReadingA mother must keep going even when she's been on the front lines for months as a health care worker…
Continue ReadingMirror, mirror on the wall . . . this can’t be me? On the rare occasion, my husband snaps a…
Continue ReadingYou are about to turn nine. That puts you about halfway to the age at which you will leave home…
Continue ReadingThis is the one I lost for 42 seconds at Garden of the Gods last summer because he went off…
Continue ReadingSome of you aren't prepared for the FULL parenting truth I'm about to drop so feel free to excuse yourself…
Continue ReadingIf you haven't listened to the new Christmas album from Carrie Underwood entitled My Gift, I highly recommend it. I've been…
Continue ReadingWe had been trying for nine months to have a baby. My period was late, so I peed on the…
Continue ReadingOh, my children, I’m in awe of your growing bodies, your powerful minds, your strong spirits. I’m amazed by how…
Continue ReadingThe suddenness of grief is disorienting. It leaves us grappling for a way, a path to walk. We, as bereaved…
Continue ReadingGod, please let my kids know you. Like, really know you. It’s what I pray every night before drifting off…
Continue ReadingIn addition to being the year of the modern plague, 2020 is, strangely, also the year of the super emotional…
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