To My Wife: I See Your Sacrifice
Selfless. No other word more clearly depicts your commitment to your family. Motherhood is drastically different than you dreamed of…
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Selfless. No other word more clearly depicts your commitment to your family. Motherhood is drastically different than you dreamed of…
Continue ReadingDear child, In the days before you could walk or talk, there were times when you would wail—when my rocking…
Continue ReadingAs the years of fertility start to wane, many of my childless peers are confronted with the question, “Should I…
Continue ReadingYou were the second. The second child who, as a mother, I wondered if I could love as much and…
Continue ReadingI am the first person they look for when they wake up in the morning. A hug from me is…
Continue ReadingI'm just a mom. I'm not a successful businesswoman. I'm not a well-known writer. I'm not fantastically gifted or exceptionally…
Continue ReadingI wish I could bottle up all the little giggles, the sound of little feet running wild throughout our home,…
Continue ReadingShe is nine years old, squeezed into the far corner of the bathtub, fully clothed, legs folded to her chest.…
Continue ReadingMy dear sweet boys, I loved you before I knew you. I just didn’t know how long the wait would…
Continue ReadingWhen I found out I was pregnant, I was terrified. But it wasn’t because I was scared to be a…
Continue ReadingWhy do we follow them out the door? Watch them drive away? Why do we laugh at their laugh instead…
Continue ReadingHe used to think I hung the moon. When he was little, he looked for me in every room. We’d…
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