By Jennie Wexler Embracing the Summer Shift
I feel a shift, slight, like tectonic plates slowly rearranging the world. Every August an unseasonably cold morning shakes me…
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By Liz Petrone Dear Kids, if the World Calls You Ordinary
What if my child is just ordinary? What if he never makes high honor roll? What if she never scores…
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By Rachel Whalen To the Kindergartener Missing From My Classroom This Year
Summer is winding down and I’m gearing up for a new school year. Yesterday, I sat down to finish my…
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By Nicole Merritt If I Wasn’t a Mother, Just For a Day…
“Mom!” “Mom!” “Mom!” Bite my tongue for even saying it or thinking it, right? Let me just begin with the fact…
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By Kelli Bachara Mama, You Were Made For This Sacrificial Love
It hit me the other day, as I sat on the sideline of a volleyball game feeding my son, that…
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By Angela Anagnost-Repke My Mom Rarely Played With Me as a Kid and I Turned Out Just Fine
My mom rarely played with me when I was a kid. Nope, she never got on the floor to play…
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By Brea Schmidt My Children Deserve To See the Whole Me, Not Just the Mom Me
Before I was a mother, I was a human being. A human being with life experiences, passions, fears, talents, hobbies,…
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By Mary Ann Blair I’m an Imperfect Mother; What if That Makes Me Perfect For My Kids?
It happened on a completely normal morning about three months after my second son was born. As I laid him…
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To the Woman at Target Who Judged Me For Being Unmarried and Pregnant
To the presumptuous woman at Target, I’m not even sure how to begin. I suppose I want to make it…
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By Krissy Brynn Jackson Motherhood is the Season of Tired
I walked into the spa last week to get a long overdue facial (long overdue in the sense that I'm…
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By Caitlin Henderson It’s OK to Feel Sad About My Baby Starting Kindergarten
He made me a momma. At just a moment old, I gazed into his sweet eyes and he changed my…
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By Sue Moore Donaldson I’m a Mom Who’s Tempted to Meddle—but God is Worth Trusting
I saw her text and froze: “Mom, stop meddling.” Ouch! My daughter was right. I meddled, and I got caught!…
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