By Sarah Nichols Sometimes All You Can Do Is Move the Furniture
I didn’t realize I was a person who struggled with change until I became a parent. I enter each new…
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By Amanda Crews Kids Remember Love, Not Perfection
When I was younger, I am sure my mother yelled or lost it from time to time though I can’t…
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By Laura Leinbach Oh, How Little Control We Actually Have
I wake up groggy, uncomfortable, and more than a little annoyed to still be pregnant. My second baby’s due date…
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By Laura Bailey Daughter, You are So Much More than a Number
“I just can’t sleep!” With red-rimmed eyes, tears still staining her cheeks, my 9-year-old daughter defeatedly shared, “No matter what…
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It’s Okay If You Didn’t Feel Like a Good Mom Today—You Still Are One
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Babies don’t keep.” The sentiment is to enjoy every moment with your babies because you blink,…
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To the Mom Worried She Wasn’t Enough Today
It’d been a trying day in a trying week in a trying season. I was walking through a season of…
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Let Go of Broken Toys and Hang on to the Memories
My (almost) 8-year-old daughter came in from tidying the yard and readying it for play to hand me the plastic,…
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Who You Are While You Wait Matters Too
You’re 13. Sitting on the bleachers at your middle school waiting, wishing, and praying you will be called on to…
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A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Words Like “Meh” and Other Teen Lingo
Language never stops evolving. And the dictionary never stops expanding. This powerful tool called communication is one we rely on…
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“Is This the Mother I Want to Be?” Learning to Handle Difficult Emotions in Motherhood
Looking up from my neat pile of clothing and surveying the once Mt. Everest of clean clothing that was now…
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By Ellie Marooney We Almost Said We Were Done Having Babies Too Soon
It was early morning, and the dew covered the dry, winter grass as my husband, our four little boys (five…
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To My Child with Autism, I Hope I Can Be Enough for You
My toddler was clinically diagnosed with autism. How do I feel about this new diagnosis? He has always been enough.…
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