This Time In the Passenger Seat is Precious
When you’re parenting preteens and teens, it sometimes feels like you are an unpaid Uber driver. It can be a…
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When you’re parenting preteens and teens, it sometimes feels like you are an unpaid Uber driver. It can be a…
Continue ReadingOn May 4th, 2023 I was delivered devastating news. My husband no longer loved me, and he wanted to end…
Continue ReadingI lay on the ultrasound table prepared to hear the worst. While this pregnancy wasn't totally expected, it was a…
Continue ReadingLike putting sore, tired feet in front of the fire, homeschooling has brought rejuvenation to our hearts and household. We…
Continue ReadingGod made my girl a wrestler. Gosh, those are words I would never have thought I would say or be…
Continue ReadingI'm a mother of six. Some are biological, and some are adopted. I homeschool most of them. I'm a "trauma…
Continue ReadingThis was the fifth time I’d seen those two pink lines letting me know that a baby was on the…
Continue ReadingWe picked up her ashes yesterday . . . our daughter’s ashes. Though the funeral home was only about an…
Continue ReadingSometimes loving a teen looks like making new Kraft Mac & Cheese at 4 a.m. My oldest packs her lunch…
Continue ReadingThe journey of a special needs parent is both stunningly beautiful and utterly heartbreaking. Often with one coming closely on…
Continue ReadingTrigger warning: Child loss I had a plan for summertime fun with my children. We had just returned from a…
Continue ReadingI glanced at my lit-up phone and smiled. My mom, who lived a few states away, had sent an all-too-familiar…
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