I Love Who We’ve Become
The lines of my body are softer now. Softer like her little cheeks as they brush against mine. Softer like…
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becoming a mother
Life Began with You
I heard about the labor pains. And the sleepless nights. I heard about the inconveniences. And the never-ending sacrifices. I heard…
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What Baby Books Don’t Tell You about Motherhood
The thing the baby books don’t tell you about leaving the hospital is that two new people emerge. Yes, you’re…
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By Her View From Home A Mother Doesn’t Have to Be Prepared to Be Sustained
I feel the warmth radiating from my weeks-old baby girl's body onto my lap. She sleeps soundly. But I can’t. My…
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What I Wish I’d Known Before Infertility
It might be the hardest thing you’ve ever done. You’re facing a reality that could change almost everything about what…
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I Adopted Your Babies Today
I adopted your babies today. We’re smiling in the pictures, but I also feel the pain deep inside your heart.…
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At Long Last, Emily
The summer following my eighth-grade graduation, I discovered a stone wall across from the intersection of Forest Row and Franklin…
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By Candice Miksovsky Dear Birth Mother, I See Your Strength In the Eyes of My Daughter
I love that she looks just like you. She shares your fierce and wild, animal-loving spirit while also being sensitive…
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Lindsay Lohan Is a Boy Mom!
Lindsay Lohan and her husband Bader Shammas are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy! According to her rep,…
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By Stefanie Chiarel I Am the Mother of a NICU Miracle
The moment I had been waiting for, the moment that was supposed to make all the pain worth it: the…
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Becoming a Mother In Two Hours: My Foster Parent Journey to Adoption
I became a mother in a very unconventional way. Sure, we took a year to complete classes and trainings and…
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A Mother Doesn’t Lose Herself—She Grows into Someone New
A part of us dies when we have a child. And we don’t mind at the time because the child…
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