By Joy McLaughlin If You Give a Mom a Bouquet…
If you give a mom a bouquet… She goes to grab a vase to put it in. As she grabs…
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By Valerie Sawicki-Bellomo Mothers Are the Givers
As we were decorating the tree last Christmas, my son dug to the bottom of a box and pulled out…
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By Chelsea Drown In Your 30s the Stakes Feel Higher
I’m in the years where I’m not old, but I’m no longer young. Some women my age are just announcing…
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The Half-Dressed Mom and Love in the Details
I am a proper mom. Not fancy, not prim—practical. I am dressed for the time of day, always. That is…
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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 Mary Brooks There’s No Such Thing As a Perfect Mom
One of my kids once said, "Mom, you're perfect." I melted. "Aww, thank you, honey, that's so sweet." He said,…
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By Ashley Butler Sometimes I Miss being Taken Care of
This is something I don’t say out loud very often, mostly because it’s easy to misunderstand. I love being a…
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The Room Mom Version of Me Will Have to Wait
Before I had kids of my own, I thought I knew exactly what kind of mom I’d be. As a…
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By Megan Kewaza The People Who Matter See the Woman Beneath the Mother
The deeper I grow into motherhood, the more I see that it was never about the moments I once thought…
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By Marissa Bader Children Are a Work In Progress—So Are Their Mothers
For a long time, I assumed a mom always knew exactly what to say to her children in every possible…
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By Ashleigh Spurgeon Yes, I Know Fear—but I Also Know Faith
The night my daughter woke up screaming at 3 a.m., I knew something was wrong. Her cry wasn’t the half-asleep…
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By Wendy C The Mom Friends You Make by Default Are Pretty Great
I never thought I would expand my group of friends in my mid-30s and 40s. As an introvert, I wasn’t…
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