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Motherhood, Teen
August 12, 2019
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Dear Teen, Your Mother Delights in You

I was there the first time you belly laughed. You found something uproariously funny and as that laugh bubbled up and sheer happiness burst from your…

Teen, Tween
August 4, 2019
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Dear Teen: I’ll Never Stop Asking For One More Moment With You

They will say no most of the time. When you ask them to watch a movie on a Friday night. Or go for a walk after dinner. Or search for sand crabs on a…

Motherhood, Teen
July 30, 2019
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You Are the Last Great Love of Our Lives

Dear sweet last child (aka baby number five), I look around this joint and feel I owe you an apology. Your parents are tired, in case you haven’t…

Teen
July 29, 2019
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Somehow, My Baby is Turning 13

I look at you, son, standing eye to eye, and I want to say I can’t believe you’re turning 13 . . . but I can. You blew out your candles last…

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
July 22, 2019
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I Just Left a Piece of My Heart in a College Dorm

I saw Hoda Kotb today in New York about to start her third hour of The Today Show. I waved through the glass and she waved back! It was raining, but…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
July 20, 2019
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Older Kids Are Magic, Too

My kids are growing up. They’re growing up fast. When they were tiny everyone said, “Enjoy it. It goes by so quickly.” And I smiled and nodded…

Faith, Motherhood, Teen
July 16, 2019
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Parenting Teens is a Test of My Faith

Parenting teens is hard. But not really in the ways they tell you. The hard stuff isn’t the eye-rolling, back-talk, slamming doors, or…

Motherhood, Teen
July 10, 2019
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To My Teenager: We’ll Do This Together

To my teenager, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I said this morning. I’m sorry for the way I said it. I know I can be a little hard to live with…

Kids, Motherhood, Teen
July 9, 2019
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Why I Talk With My Teens About My Wild Past

I was 14 when I first snuck into my parent’s liquor cabinet and poured some sort of brown alcohol into a hastily washed Aquanet bottle. I took…

Teen
June 28, 2019
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Dear Daughter: It’s Not Your Job to be Liked

My daughter laughed as she said it, but I could see the hurt in her eyes. “She just walked right past me, pointed her finger and said, ‘I…

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