By Patricia Murphy The Heart Inside a Loss Mom is Always a Little Broken
October 28, 2019: “I’m so sorry,” she said, as she backed away from the machine as if it were a…
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By Beth Sickel The Church Does Not Have To Look Like Us For Us To Belong
I will not forget the year my daughter was three, and we were visiting family for the holidays. The wind,…
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By Danetta Powell God Knew I Wouldn’t Be Perfect, But He Made Me Their Mother Anyway
I am not the mother I thought I'd be. I was going to bring fun and magic to every moment.…
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By Heidi Farrell A Stepmom and Her Stepchildren Grow Together
The day I stood before my husband and said, “I do,” was the day I became a stepmom to a…
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By Jennifer Bailey I’m the Mother—What I Say Goes
When a mother says no, she means no. Why is it when a doctor, teacher, coach, or even a gardener…
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By Deidra Darst God Is Faithful Even When We Don’t Feel It
Tears used to be commonplace in my home. Tears from me, tears from my children. My younger son was diagnosed…
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By Jennifer Toscano She’s My Last Baby So I’ll Cherish These Precious Moments
Almost every single night for the last six years my daughter has fallen asleep on my shoulder while twirling my…
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By Lori E. Angiel Farewell To the Little People
There were days I didn't think I could bear putting one more puzzle back together, or tracking down all of…
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By Katie McNally I Had a Missed Miscarriage and it Took Me By Surprise
I was talking to a friend a few weeks ago about her recent missed miscarriage. As we talked through the…
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By Jenni Brennan I Hoped Becoming Grandparents Would Change My Absent Parents
Everything that is good about me as a parent was learned from my own parents. They have given me a…
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By Her View From Home Yes, We Really Are One and Done
There’s that question again: “Will you give her a sister or brother?” They seem taken aback when I tell them…
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By Kimberly Keys To the World I’m Just a Stay-at-Home Mom, But To You I’m Everything
Before I became a stay-at-home mom, I never noticed how often the question, "What kind of work do you do?"…
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