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Teen
October 16, 2019
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Dear Teens: You Need Sleep More Than Your Smartphones

Each school night, somewhere between 8:30 and 9 pm, my three teenagers begrudgingly leave their phones on what I lovingly refer to as my containment…

Motherhood, Teen
October 15, 2019
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Sometimes All We Can Do is Be There For Our Teens

I slept on my teenage daughter’s bedroom floor last night. It wasn’t a slumber party. It was just all I could do. She’d gone to bed…

Motherhood, Teen
October 15, 2019
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She’s 14 and I Already Miss Her

Behold the 14-year-old. Starting to spread her wings. Starting to turn her gaze outward from the walls of this house onto the great big world.…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
October 9, 2019
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I Wasn’t Ready For This

I can remember when I received a bag of hand-me-downs from a friend whose little girl had outgrown her size 10 clothing. My baby, at the time, was…

Friendship, Motherhood, Teen
October 7, 2019
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I Never Knew I Would Be So Lonely Raising Teenagers

I’ve always heard about the loneliness that comes while raising teens. Most days, I don’t understand it. I don’t understand it because my life…

Motherhood, Teen
October 3, 2019
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Don’t Pick Your Battles With Your Teen, Pour Love Instead

Recently, I watched from the side as my husband nagged my daughter about putting on more cold-weather gear before soccer practice. She was frustrated…

Motherhood, Teen
October 1, 2019
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Dear Daughter, I Was More Than a VSCO Girl Once Too

It seems like just yesterday when the alarm would go off at 6 a.m., I’d roll out of bed and throw my hair up in my favorite scrunchie, slip on my…

Teen
September 30, 2019
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When It Comes To Raising Teens, It’s All Personal

Right before I was married, my mom told me that she read a letter I sent to my college-aged brother when I was around 13-years-old. In a card with a…

Faith, Teen
September 25, 2019
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Our Teens Need Jesus and We Can Show Him to Them

Being a teenager is hard. I sat at the DMV with my daughter, waiting for her number to be called to take her driver’s permit test. I watched as she…

Kids, Motherhood, Teen
September 23, 2019
5 Minute Read

All of a Sudden I’m Mothering Men

I was up before the sun again. It is creeping up slower now, as the month is drawing to another sad end. Summer is nearly over, and I can’t help…

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