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Kids, Living, Motherhood
August 15, 2023
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By Kathryn Cintron

I Gave My Kids Another Mediocre Summer

I’m an elder millennial—meaning I grew up with non-extravagant summers filled with Slip 'N Slides hooked up to water hoses,…

Baby, Faith, Motherhood
August 15, 2023
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By Amanda Harding

Gideon’s Breath

Gideon Theodore Harding was born at home on August 13, 2019 at 5:15 p.m. weighing nine pounds. His name means…

To the Special Needs Mom Wondering If God Has Abandoned Her

Faith, Motherhood
August 14, 2023
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By Tabatha Hull

To the Special Needs Mom Wondering If God Has Abandoned Her

It’s 6:03 a.m., and I’m awakened by the brightness of the kitchen light flooding our bedroom. In the kitchen, I…

Today I Said Goodbye To the Only Version of You I’ve Ever Known

Baby, Motherhood, Toddler
August 14, 2023
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By Samantha Jones

Today I Said Goodbye To the Only Version of You I’ve Ever Known

It is my first time saying goodbye. Today brought conflicting emotions to the surface like a rising tide as it…

Faith, Motherhood
August 12, 2023
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By Mary Kate Hom

I See Jesus in My Son’s Dirty Hands

I never anticipated how much dirt and sweat and tears and stink would come with being a mom—and a boy…

Kids, Motherhood
August 11, 2023
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By Krystal Sieben

My Heart Knew I Needed a Daughter

I have a vivid memory of tentatively walking toward the little pink sleepers hanging in Nordstrom. I gently lifted one…

What I Wish I’d Known Before Infertility

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 10, 2023
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By Brittany Tryzbiak

What I Wish I’d Known Before Infertility

It might be the hardest thing you’ve ever done. You’re facing a reality that could change almost everything about what…

6 Ways to Fill Your Empty Nest with Adventure

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
August 10, 2023
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By Heather McGuire

6 Ways to Fill Your Empty Nest with Adventure

As we’re ushering our daughters into the pseudo-adulthood of college, I’m a bubbling cauldron of emotions. Our oldest is finishing…

Kids, Motherhood
August 9, 2023
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By Lizzy Christian

Time Is Precious—Don’t Wish It Away

Time. It's a weird thing. It passes ever-so-quickly. It’s a thief in the night. Yet somehow it stands still. It never…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
August 9, 2023
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By Angela Williams Glenn

When Your Kids Are No Longer Little

My kids are heading into middle school and high school in the fall. We are all in on the tween…

Motherhood
August 8, 2023
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By Emily Chappell

I Adopted Your Babies Today

I adopted your babies today. We’re smiling in the pictures, but I also feel the pain deep inside your heart.…

Parenting the Teen in the Passenger Seat

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
August 8, 2023
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By Nickey J Dunn

Parenting the Teen in the Passenger Seat

I sat at the bus stop the other day, waiting for my freshman son to come home from school. As…

Motherhood

I Gave My Kids Another Mediocre Summer

Gideon’s Breath

To the Special Needs Mom Wondering If God Has Abandoned Her

Today I Said Goodbye To the Only Version of You I’ve Ever Known

I See Jesus in My Son’s Dirty Hands

My Heart Knew I Needed a Daughter

What I Wish I’d Known Before Infertility

6 Ways to Fill Your Empty Nest with Adventure

Time Is Precious—Don’t Wish It Away

When Your Kids Are No Longer Little

I Adopted Your Babies Today

Parenting the Teen in the Passenger Seat

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So God Made a Mother