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I’m Not Ready For You to Grow Up

I’m not ready. I’m not ready to pack away your onesies or take apart your crib. To no longer be able to rock you to sleep or sing your favorite…

To my firstborn . . . You are the first person I fell in love with long before I saw your face. I kept imagining how my life would be like with…

1. I opened his granola bar in the wrong direction when he handed it to me. 2. One of the fruit snacks got stuck to the bottom of the package. 3. I…

A few months ago, I remember complaining about you. A few weeks ago, I remember complaining about you. I’m so sorry. It wasn’t your fault. I…

Perhaps the reason teens isolate themselves when they’re overwhelmed instead of coming to us with their problems, is because when they’re…

When you have your first child and they hand you that baby, you think to yourself there is nothing in the world you could love more. Then, you find…

One thing no one prepares you for as you enter parenthood is how differently you’ll learn to view time. One day it feels like you’ve…

The toddler stage will break you. It will test your patience when you’ve said the same thing over and over and over with no sign of it sinking in.…

Someday you won’t depend on me for your every need, but today, you needed me. Someday you won’t eat for 45 minutes every two hours, but…

I don’t want to brag or anything, but my toddler throws some epic tantrums. Think—fists pounding the floor, legs flailing in 10 different…

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