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The Kids Get Bigger and Motherhood Only Gets Better

My daughter is 12 and almost as tall as I am. Tonight, she put her head on my shoulder when she hugged me. I said, “This is better than when…

The other day my 11-year old daughter came up to me, her hair still dripping from her shower and her arms filled with a hair dryer and a flat iron.…

When I was involved in extracurricular activities, I would often look in the crowd for my parents and find that they weren’t there. I would search…

Dear daughter, I need to apologize. I did something to you the other day that I’ve tried to teach you over and over and over again not to…

There is no greater joy than watching a child’s face light up when he opens a gift he loves. More often than not, however, that toy usually is…

The door slams with a burst of giggles and a bustle of activity. I can hear the chatter and laughter fill the house. I follow the trail of backpacks…

From elementary school to high school, Leslie and I were inseparable. In third grade, we sat in the back of the coat closet together writing stories…

I was going to sit with the baby this morning but the laundry was piled sky high. I placed her in the play pen to watch me fold the towels. I looked…

I was typing at my computer from the back porch when the sounds of giggles interrupted my thoughts. I looked up to see my daughter jumping on the…

My alarm used to go off Monday through Friday at 3:15 a.m. I’d drive the few miles to the TV station where I worked, in the dark of a city…