Your Kids Need to See You Loving Your Spouse
I haven’t washed a dish in eight years. Hate me yet? Because I kind of do. I also kind of hate myself for what I’m going to say from here. I…
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To the Hard-Working Student, I See You
Dear beautiful child, I want you to know that I see you. I see you working harder than some of your peers have to. I see you spending afternoons at…
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Some Couples Are Trading Honeymoons For “Solomoons”—But I’m So Glad We Didn’t
On our wedding day, my husband and I couldn’t wait to, as they say, “Get outta Dodge.” Our engagement wasn’t a particularly long…
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Motherhood is the Hardest Job You’ll Ever Love
Before I became a mother, I was a worker. I often worked three or even four jobs at a time, going straight from one to the other. I’m not saying…
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Thank You, Cancer
Dear cancer, Two years ago today, you came into my life when I was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, or ACC, a rare salivary gland cancer.…
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Dear Someday Baby, I Long For You
Dear Someday Baby, Sometimes it feels as if I’ll never get to meet you. You see, we’ve been trying for you, for quite a while now. …
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A Tween Girl’s Letter to Her Mama
Dear Mom, I told everybody at school that you said, “If you keep rolling your eyes at me, one day they’ll get stuck in the up position…
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Please Don’t Write Off a Strong-Willed Child—Recognize the Beauty Behind Her Passion
I am the mother of a strong-willed daughter. The proud, frustrated, and exhausted mother, if I’m being honest, but that little girl? She is my…
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This is Infertility
I see you. I see you buying the 50-pack of ovulation sticks from Amazon, because your cycle is never regular. I see you using those sticks…
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Once Upon a Time, We Choose Each Other to Do This Life Together
It’s close to 7:30 p.m., and I just spoke to my husband on the phone 20 minutes ago. “I’m on the way home,” he’d said. A line I…
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To the Mama at the End of Her Rope
To the mama who’s at the end of her rope, You never would have known it, but I was at the end of mine in this picture. I was at the lowest of…
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I Didn’t Know it Was the Last Time
One day it would be the last time I was going to see her and I didn’t even know it. One day it would be the last phone call and I wouldn’t even…
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