By Nikki Specht These Little Moments Are Everything
I almost missed it, my little one. How your eyebrows lift in quiet concentration as you carefully place each block,…
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By Linda Orleans Progress Looks Like the Little Things
I was walking into the neighborhood dry cleaners when another mom was walking out. She smiled and asked, “How is…
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By Rachel Beachy I Love being Able to Call My Mom
Sometimes I miss college, but not for the reasons I thought I would. I miss going to class—but while I…
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By Megan Kewaza No One on Earth Loves You More than Your Mother
When you cry, I cry with you When you stumble, I stumble with you. Every hurt you carry, every fear,…
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By Sarah McPherson Seeing Her Children Suffer Hurts a Mother’s Heart
Another seizure. I watch my daughter’s face crumble. Not just from the pain, but from the weight of it all,…
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By Heather Goodwin The Love Was Real for the Baby I Never Got To Meet—and So Is the Grief
Grief is supposed to follow rules. A beginning, a middle, an end. A reason. A name. But what happens when…
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Dear Zachary, The World Is Yours…And So Am I
Dear Zachary, Ever since you were born, your dad and I have taken every precaution to keep you safe. We…
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Dear Senior Mamas, That Smile Is Worth It All
“One, two, three! Say, ‘Cheese!’” About two months ago, senioritis was so ripe in our home you could smell it.…
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By A Cogent Breaking the Cycle of Motherly Abandonment
I remember lying there, having just heard the first screams of my newly-born baby girl. Feeling incredibly worn out, yet…
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By Lisa Leshaw She Called for Me in the Night
I wasn’t scared of a single thing when I was a little girl, except for EVERYTHING that happened each night…
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By Christen McKey The Tangled and Beautiful Roots of Our Family Tree are My Mother’s Masterpiece
There are times my kids will slip up and call me “Grana” instead of “Mama.” I just laugh and jokingly…
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Am I Raising Bad Kids?
Before having kids, I always pictured mine would be the ones who would never do wrong. The ones who would…
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