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Time is a Thief That Steals Our Babies Away

My eldest daughter married last October. A year has slipped by and the foundation of her marriage has been built. This is cosmic sleight-of-hand.…

Hey mama, Don’t you sometimes find yourself longing for those days when your babies won’t be tiny babies forever? Do you ever sit and…

Hey mama, Listen up. It’s the holiday season, a.k.a, the season of giving. Giving thanks, giving presents . . . oh yeah, and giving germs. Lots of…

I always wanted three kids. I don’t know why. Three was kind of an arbitrary number, but it was a comfortable place to hang out in my mind. Three.…

February will always be special to me because it’s the month I first became a mom. Yep, on February 27, 2004, a clueless 26-year-old me…

I’m a September baby, and though I was born on the 5th, I was due on the 25th. It took me until I was a young adult to realize why my brothers…

Some nights, bedtime doesn’t seem to hit my home fast enough. The chaos of the day makes the hands of the clock slow to snail speed. But as soon as…

Don’t ask her if she’s pregnant. You can’t know the insecurity she’s feeling from the weight she has gained as her age has ticked up and…

Hey you, my energetic, tan-legged and perfectly simple pre-baby self. There is so much I want to tell you, so many times I’ve wanted to reach out…

A baby is so in-tune with mom that when she holds, rocks, and cuddles her infant, the heartbeat of her baby synchronizes with her own. The baby also…