By Amy Keyes Hello From the Middle of the Middle Years
I am middle-aged. I honestly don’t know how or when I got here, but it’s legit. It’s not just in the…
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Mommy, Will You Color with Me?
She turns four this month. How did that happen so quickly? Wasn’t I just watching her tiny profile on the…
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By Kathryn Andersen Adventure Isn’t Over When You Have Kids—It’s Just Beginning
“I don’t want kids for a while,” my friend said, pushing her blonde ringlets behind her ears matter-of-factly. “There’s just…
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New Mama, It Might Not Be Okay Now but It Will Be
It was 2:30 in the morning, I was sitting on the bed with tears streaming down my face, my 7-week-old…
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By Melinda Dueck “Please Help Mommy to Be Patient, and the Baby to Stay Alive in Her Tummy.”
"Please help Mommy to be patient, and the baby to stay alive in her tummy." It was my little girl's…
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By Kelly Thomas Sister, I’ve Been There and You’re Doing Just Fine
“Shew! I wonder what it’s like to be that boy’s momma!” I overheard a lady say as I filled my…
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By Kristin May Boys Are Feral and Raising Them Is Worth Every Single Wild Moment
Coming from a home with three sisters and practically swimming in an ocean of estrogen my whole life, I had…
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By Claudia Caramiello In This Season of Un-Needing
In the cold blue winter light, I would nurse my son, his mouth small like a sparrow, his breath warm…
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By Tynea Lewis Our Holding Hands Days Are Slipping through My Fingers
My family was walking through Home Depot recently, and I felt my daughter’s hand slip into mine. I’ve never really…
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By Della Cassia I Blinked and the Little Girl Was Gone
They told me not to blink, but I was too overwhelmed learning how to become a mother. They told me…
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I Know I’m Done, but I’ll Always Want Another Baby
I was sorting clothes into tubs to donate, consign, or keep for my 1-year-old, and I came across a newborn…
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I Lost You Just as I Started Loving You
I didn’t know I was already losing you just as I was starting to love you. I didn’t know while…
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