By Crystal Fulmer A Big Family Can Mean Big Feelings
I'm a mother of six. Some are biological, and some are adopted. I homeschool most of them. I'm a "trauma…
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Motherhood
Even Though You Left Too Soon, You Gave Me Hope
This was the fifth time I’d seen those two pink lines letting me know that a baby was on the…
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By Kaitlynn Ratcliff We Picked up Our Daughter’s Ashes Yesterday
We picked up her ashes yesterday . . . our daughter’s ashes. Though the funeral home was only about an…
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By Jodi McDonnell Sometimes Our Teens Need Blue Box Love
Sometimes loving a teen looks like making new Kraft Mac & Cheese at 4 a.m. My oldest packs her lunch…
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By Calleen Petersen My Teen with Special Needs is Doing High School at His Pace, Not Mine
The journey of a special needs parent is both stunningly beautiful and utterly heartbreaking. Often with one coming closely on…
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The Hardest Prayer I Ever Prayed
Trigger warning: Child loss I had a plan for summertime fun with my children. We had just returned from a…
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By Kathryn Andersen Moms Worry, It’s Just What We Do
I 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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Dear OCD Mom
When you’re an OCD momma, you might request an epidural for labor because you know the lack of pain will…
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When Your Baby becomes a Big Boy
My son recently learned how to climb out of things, so I asked my husband to take the side off…
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By Amanda Crews I Pray They Remember the Love Served Here
If you would have asked me eight years ago, “Where’s your favorite place?” I would have easily answered The Outer…
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You May Be a Big Brother, but You’ll Always Be My Baby
It seems like yesterday we were bringing you home from the hospital. Back then, we were new parents, clueless but…
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What a Blessing It Is to Be Your Other Mother
I remember the beautiful January day when I first caught a glimpse of you in your white lace dress. You…
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