Dear Mrs. Biesemeyer, The Assignment You Gave Your Class This Year Changed My Christmas
This year’s Holiday Hero Award goes to my son, Waylan’s, sixth-grade teacher, Mrs. Biesemeyer. I honestly could not pick her…
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A Gift for Mom! 🤍
Motherhood
By Peyton Garland This is the “Thank You” a Mom Never Gets
“I need a few minutes of quiet,” I told my husband. Without issue, he scooped up our toddling son and…
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By Katie Revai LeFevre I Was Living My Dream as a Stay-at-Home Mom—Then My Husband Filed for Divorce
If there’s anything I’m certain of—other than my love for my babies and my faith in God—it’s that I can…
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By Kathryn Andersen If Your Kids Are Your Only Contribution to Holiday Gatherings This Year, That’s Enough
Flour coated my hands and the front of my blue sweatshirt as I carefully smoothed the dough with my rolling…
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By Lois Flowers The Last Thing I Wanted to Do Was Worth Every Sweaty Step
“I want to do running club,” my daughter Molly announced a few days after school started. Excited that my then…
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By Neely Richer The Life Mary Held
Twelve days lay between the now and the onset of labor for Mary. With trodden feet and tired hearts, they slowly…
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By Kimberly Hale Three Little Words at Christmas
Christmas 2009 is a Christmas I will remember for the rest of my life. All because of three little words:…
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By Charissa Bates I Do Want to Go For Coffee, But My Kids Need Me Right Now
“Sorry, I can’t meet up for coffee. My life has been chaotic,” I say for what feels like the tenth…
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Dear Daughter-in-Law, I Love You as My Own
Dear daughter-in-law, I love you dearly. Not just because you love our son so well but because you are worthy…
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By Krystal Sieben We’re Done Overscheduling Ourselves at Christmas
Is it just me, or were the holidays always so much? This is a serious question. Like, I often wonder,…
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By Angela Williams Glenn You Will Always Be the Magic of Christmas
Watching our small children rejoice in the magic of Christmas brings that magical feeling back to our own hearts. But…
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The Baby I Never Met Made Me the Woman I Am Today
Dear baby I never got to officially meet, I just wanted you to know I still think about you all…
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