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Motherhood, Teen, Tween
July 28, 2022
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By Manndi Maphies Wilkins

Dear Sons, as You Become Men

Boys, you are currently 12 and almost 10 years of age. This world in which you find yourselves growing up…

The Little Boy You Knew is Gone, But What Comes Next is Beautiful Too

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
July 8, 2022
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By Mikala Albertson

The Little Boy You Knew is Gone, But What Comes Next is Beautiful Too

Listen, you guys . . . That thing they always warn you about? It happens. The little boy with the…

I Know It’s Just Summer Camp but I Miss You Already

Kids, Motherhood, Tween
June 30, 2022
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By Stephanie Kramm

I Know It’s Just Summer Camp but I Miss You Already

You would’ve thought I was sending you off to college. The way I triple-checked to make sure you had everything…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
June 24, 2022
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By Christina Zambrano

I Fight For My Child in Prayer

The sound of the screen door slamming shut inches from my face took my breath away. He hesitated for a…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
June 13, 2022
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By Gina Smith

I’ll Take Every Hug I Can Get, My Son

As another school year closes, I’m once again struck by an ethereal sense of being punched in the gut. We…

Kids, Motherhood, Tween
May 28, 2022
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By Manndi Maphies Wilkins

There’s Tenderness in Tween Boys Too

My 9-year-old son, Waylan, had a flag football game last night. It was chilly. It was windy. I didn’t want…

You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 24, 2022
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By Kristie Reitz

You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time

I can see the yellow blur of the school bus passing in front of my window. Soon my little boy…

I’ll Never Be Ready for My Son To Let Go of Me

Motherhood, Tween
May 18, 2022
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By Jillian Van Hefty

I’ll Never Be Ready for My Son To Let Go of Me

The arts-and-crafts tote overflowed with cylinders of petrified Play-Doh, crispy-bristled paintbrushes, and Elmer’s glue bottles with clogged applicator tips. Underneath…

A Mother Transitions From Living For Her Kids, To Living With Them

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 1, 2022
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By Lacy Jungman

A Mother Transitions From Living For Her Kids, To Living With Them

There’s a pivotal point in our lives as mothers when we realize we are no longer living for our children,…

Dear Daughter: I’m Not Ready to Let Go of These Little Moments with You

Kids, Motherhood, Tween
April 15, 2022
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By Abbey Feldkamp

Dear Daughter: I’m Not Ready to Let Go of These Little Moments with You

Just before dawn I wake, and my first thought is, She’s not here. Then I hear the familiar creak of…

We Have to Let Our Kids Make Hard Choices

Kids, Motherhood, Tween
April 14, 2022
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By Erin Leigh

We Have to Let Our Kids Make Hard Choices

The registration deadline for the fifth-grade science camp was looming. Many parents view the school science camp as a rite…

I Didn’t Know How Much I’d Love the Tween Years

Motherhood, Tween
April 11, 2022
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By Laura Costea

I Didn’t Know How Much I’d Love the Tween Years

I don’t know what I expected, exactly. But I didn’t expect you to smile at me and say sweetly, “Thanks,…

Tween

Dear Sons, as You Become Men

The Little Boy You Knew is Gone, But What Comes Next is Beautiful Too

I Know It’s Just Summer Camp but I Miss You Already

I Fight For My Child in Prayer

I’ll Take Every Hug I Can Get, My Son

There’s Tenderness in Tween Boys Too

You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time

I’ll Never Be Ready for My Son To Let Go of Me

A Mother Transitions From Living For Her Kids, To Living With Them

Dear Daughter: I’m Not Ready to Let Go of These Little Moments with You

We Have to Let Our Kids Make Hard Choices

I Didn’t Know How Much I’d Love the Tween Years

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