He’s 12 but He’s Still Mine
My son is now 12. No longer little, not yet grown. It’s so hard to imagine that he’s soon becoming…
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Motherhood
By Jessica Swanda I Don’t Want to Spend Today Worrying How Much I’ll Miss Him Tomorrow
Dear toddler, Everyone tells me the days are long, but the years are short. They tell me I’ll turn around…
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This Is Why It’s Hard for Moms to Ask for Help
I want to take a moment to share something close to my heart, something I wish everyone could understand—the immense…
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By Carolyn Moore The Mental Load of Mothering Teens and Tweens Is Exhausting
We stand together silently in the short line at 7:58 a.m. Next to me, my almost-teenage son scuffles his feet…
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By Her View From Home A Mother Doesn’t Have to Be Prepared to Be Sustained
I feel the warmth radiating from my weeks-old baby girl's body onto my lap. She sleeps soundly. But I can’t. My…
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By Trish Broome I Was Charged with a DUI and It Changed Everything
The random times my father called me throughout my life, I could always tell when he had been drinking. He…
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I’ll Always Be the One Who Loved Them First
I’m no longer the last person he says goodnight to. That’s a hard pill to swallow. Here we are, just…
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By Erin Dodson Homeschooling Isn’t Right For Everyone but It’s Right for Us
I remember being so excited. I stood in the homeschool section of my local Christian bookstore with my toddler in…
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By Vicki Bahr With Grandkids, It’s The Little Things
We had just pulled into the driveway when our youngest grandtwins, 3-year-old Ellis and Brady, came running out the front…
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By Tynea Lewis Childhood Is Not a Race
Sweet child, I know you want to grow up. You want to get older and do more and more. I…
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I Want My Kids in Sports, Even If It Means Less Time for School
As my kids grow older I see the academic pressure mounting. Instead of going to school to learn and stretch…
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By Alicia Searl This Season is About Them, But I Really Miss Us
This season is different. It is all-consuming. It is all about them, but I really miss us! Let me start…
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