He Used To Call Me Mommy, Now Suddenly I’m Mom
“Mom!” It caught me and turned me on my heels. Not Mommy. Not Momma. But Mom. He bellowed out from his room again, “Hey! Moooom!” …
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Check In With Your Bereaved Mom Friends, Their Hearts Are Still Hurting
No mother should ever have to bury her child. But it happens all the time. And this week it was a family we know, making my heart heavier and taking…
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I’m Treasuring My Growing Children
A little sketch of motherhood thus far: Big baby yawns eke out from folded baby fists all the way down to curled baby toes with scrunchy baby eyes…
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Postpartum Depression Blindsided Me
There’s no way this is postpartum depression. How could it be? I remember thinking this to myself as I received the diagnosis seven months after my…
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To Hold a Sleeping Baby is Heavenly
If I had to rate all of God’s gifts to us mere mortals, the ones that reassure us of His love and presence in our lives, surely one of the top…
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I Am a Prodigal Daughter on Her Journey Home
I know there must be others like me out there. Those who have met Jesus. Those who have trusted in Jesus. Those who have tasted and seen His love is…
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To the Mom With Lots of Littles: You Can Do This
Not too long ago, I was you, sweet, tired mama. My oldest had just turned four, and my middles were two and one when I brought my youngest home from…
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We Should Have Been Celebrating Kindergarten Graduation
If I close my eyes, I can almost picture it . . . my 6-year-old kindergartener up on stage in his school’s cafeteria/auditorium. He’s standing up…
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I Carried the One
I carried the one. The estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies that end in loss. But instead of adding to our family, something was subtracted. Lost. One day I…
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He is Greater
On my run through the neighborhood the other day, my mind was unsettled with wonder over all that is happening in our world, like when will this be…
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5 Simple (But Genius!) Play Activities For Toddlers At Home
Let me start off by saying that I am a stay-at-home mom who works from home part-time, so being at home with my 2.5-year-old and 1.5-year-old is…
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Mommy, Why Are You Crying?
I’m at the car pick-up line at my daughter’s elementary school. Except now it’s the pick-up line where my daughter’s teachers are handing…
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