Somewhere Between Wife and Mom, There Is a Woman
Sometimes, it’s hard to remember there is a woman behind the mom. At home, you feel caught between two worlds.…
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Until I See You in Heaven, I’ll Cherish Precious Memories of You
Your memory floats through my mind so often that I’m often seeing two moments at once. I see the one…
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By Samantha Krieger Friendship Looks Different Now That Our Kids Are Older
When my kids were young and still in diapers, my friends and I used to meet up at Chick-fil-A for…
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By Lori Jarrett Moms Take a Hard Look in the Mirror When Our Girls Become Tweens
We all know about mean girls. They're in the movies we go to see, the television shows we watch, and…
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A Mother’s Love is the Best Medicine
When my kids are sick, I watch them sleep and see every age they have ever been at once. The…
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By Becky Kraenow Here’s to the Saturday Mornings
Here’s to the Saturday mornings—the part of the week that kind of marks the seasons of our lives. I’ve had…
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Right Now I’m a Mom Who’s Not Ready to Let Go
We’re doing it. We’re applying, touring, and submitting pre-school applications. It feels a lot like my college application days, and…
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By Calleen Petersen From a Veteran Special Needs Mom: Don’t Lose Hope
When my son was newly diagnosed with autism, I was reading everything—the good, the bad, and the ugly. So much…
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By Jamie Duhn They’re Amazing Grandparents but They Were Great Parents First
My parents are phenomenal grandparents. They are without a doubt my children’s favorite people. They show up to babysit with…
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By Debra Caffrey Raising a Teenager Is a Long Walk through a Tunnel
So much parenting advice asks us to envision bridges as a metaphor for finding the path forward–bridges we need to…
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This is the Bittersweet Goodbye to the Baby Years
Last August, I had my last baby. Oof. Even typing those words makes my heart ache. There’s something so final,…
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I Didn’t Know Anxiety until I Knew Grief
If you had known me for the first 45 years of my life, you would say I was an extrovert.…
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