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I Am an Immigrant Mom

I have many moments of What did I get myself into? during the day, especially when one of my kids is screaming at the top of his lungs and the other…

Even When it Feels Like I Can’t, I Keep Going

Faith, Motherhood

Even When it Feels Like I Can’t, I Keep Going

When I feel like I can’t do one more thing. When I am overwhelmed and touched out and lost in the logistics of it all. When my physical and mental…

What Happens When She Wants Another Baby and He Does Not?

Faith, Marriage, Motherhood

What Happens When She Wants Another Baby and He Does Not?

I am on my knees, folded over, with my head resting on the carpet. I am in my closet, which doesn’t see much of the vacuum, and it is the only…

The Emotional Cost of Teaching Can Be Too Much

Living

The Emotional Cost of Teaching Can Be Too Much

“Do you ever regret leaving education?” I send this text to multiple former colleagues. I feel a pain in my heart and tears…

Grown Children, Motherhood

Everything I Know About Motherhood, I Learned from My Mom

I lay in a hospital bed, and the doctor placed my brand-new son into my arms. As I held him close and stared in wonder at this tiny new life, the…

Living

I Went No-Contact With My Toxic Mom: Here’s What It’s Like

Two and a half years ago, with tears in my eyes, an ache in my heart, and an eight-month pregnant belly, I walked off my mother’s porch for good,…

Kids, Motherhood

God Gave Him Bigger Feelings

He came home from school last week and asked, “Why do I get so angry but my friends never do? Why am I not the same?” And it broke me. Because he…

Kids, Motherhood

We Have a Big Family and Wouldn’t Change a Thing

I have just had my fourth baby. A baby who wasn’t expected but very much wanted and very much loved from the moment we found out. When we told…

This Is Not a Drill: Ted Lasso Season 3 Is Almost Here!

Living

This Is Not a Drill: Ted Lasso Season 3 Is Almost Here!

Confession: Ted Lasso didn’t interest me at all. Soccer is not my thing. I live in the kind of Midwestern state where soccer is code for…

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen

I’ll Send You off with a Million Prayers

I think one of the hardest things about launching your big kids is wondering what baggage they will take with them. Did I give them enough for what…

Child, Motherhood

You Fill Our Family With Laughter

Little girl, Sometimes, you have a hard time finding your place. You joined our family at seven. You were so sweet but so unsure. There are ways…

Faith, Marriage

Is Your Marriage on Cruise Control?

Cruising down the road, the highway curled before us like a ribbon into the horizon. Cozy road trips are a staple for my husband and me, and we look…

I Am an Immigrant Mom

Even When it Feels Like I Can’t, I Keep Going

What Happens When She Wants Another Baby and He Does Not?

The Emotional Cost of Teaching Can Be Too Much

Everything I Know About Motherhood, I Learned from My Mom

I Went No-Contact With My Toxic Mom: Here’s What It’s Like

God Gave Him Bigger Feelings

We Have a Big Family and Wouldn’t Change a Thing

This Is Not a Drill: Ted Lasso Season 3 Is Almost Here!

I’ll Send You off with a Million Prayers

You Fill Our Family With Laughter

Is Your Marriage on Cruise Control?

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