A Boy Will Always Need His Mom
These moments are fleeting, little man. No matter how hard I hold on they’ll slip through my fingers anyway. That’s life. Sometimes I wonder if I…
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As Long As I’m Breathing, You Will Never Suffer Alone
I was flying down the highway as quickly as I could safely do it, desperate to get you home. You were crying hysterically in the backseat,…
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Thank You God For a Husband Who Sees Me
Last night we took our family for a picnic dinner and a walk by the beach. We let the kids run ahead of us in a sort of relay race, tricking them…
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The One Thing Skinny Girls Wish You Knew
As a lifelong “skinny girl,” the truth was that until recently, I was ashamed of how I looked. Being skinny might sound ideal, but to me, it was…
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Dear Lonely Mom
2020 provided the framework for understanding how one person can be surrounded by a multitude of others, yet still feel completely isolated and…
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What Mid-Life Crisis? Turning 40 is Everything.
I turned 40 and something woke inside me. Some turn 40 and have a mid-life crisis. I believe I am experiencing quite the opposite—a mid-life…
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Dear Friend Facing Infertility, I Love You
Dear friend, We both went to the doctor seven months ago. My test showed two blue lines. Again. Your tests told you that two blue lines would never…
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Dear Child, You Are Not a Statistic To God
Child, you are not a statistic. You don’t even know the meaning of the word yet, but let me tell you. You are not one. You are not the…
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If You Want Good Friends, You Have To Be One First
I’ve seen a lot of posts lately about friends falling short. They stop inviting us, they leave us out, they make us feel like we don’t belong…
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I Will Always Tell My Daughter She’s Beautiful
There’s a lot of things when it comes to parenting that I have no idea about. Should I feed them only organic foods or risk it with the milk? Is…
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Baby, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
I Didn’t Realize How Much I Wanted This Baby Until I Miscarried
It was probably too early to tell, I thought, as I sat on the toilet and peed on another pregnancy test. I hadn’t missed my period yet, but the…
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Dear Husband, This is What Your Needy Wife Really Needs
“I love you,” I say to my husband on the other side of the world. The words travel the span of five feet to the other side of the king-size…
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