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Kids, Motherhood
August 6, 2019
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I Don’t Ever Want to Forget These Days With You

I was in line at the grocery store the other day when a lovely elderly woman spoke up from behind me. She nodded in the direction of my kids, then…

Kids, Motherhood
June 14, 2019
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6 Lessons From Half a Lifetime of Mothering

I have been a mom for over half of my life. Half of my life? Do I get some sort of a prize? Actually, I have several prizes I have won: Resilience…

Kids, Motherhood
June 10, 2019
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I Will Not Apologize For Being That Mom

I will not apologize for being that mom who takes her baby out to eat, puts a cover in the highchair before putting my baby in it, wipes down every…

Adoption, Child Loss, Miscarriage, Motherhood
May 12, 2018
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Dear Mama Reading This Right Now, You Are Amazing

To the one with healthy children in your lap, YOU are a great mom. Whether you work full-time or stay at home, you are amazing and deserve to be…

Kids, Motherhood
March 5, 2018
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To My Mom: I Get It Now

Dear Mom, I’m laying on my bed hiding right now. I can hear the kids bickering as they get ready for bed, and a little voice calling for water and…

Kids, Motherhood
April 30, 2017
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Just A Mom – Is That What You Say?

Just a mom… Is that what you say? Like a sock or a toy, To be soon thrown away. Just a mom… Is that what you think? Like some former URL…

Grief, Journal, Relationships
October 18, 2016
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Postpartum Anxiety And Depression: How To Be A Good Friend

Recently I wrote an article titled Postpartum Depression: 5 Things to Save a Life. Your responses were impactful: “I’m embarrassed and so…

Kids, Motherhood
May 25, 2016
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A Message for Every Mom

On the days I feel like I am failing at being a mom, I have to remind myself that I am doing a good job, or at least doing the best I can! I am…

Child Loss, Grief, Kids, Motherhood
May 9, 2016
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To The Mother Who Never Got To Bring Her Child Home

I see you. I see you at work. I see you at church. I see you at the store. I see the way you look at the other moms. I see the look you give the…

Kids, Motherhood
January 11, 2016
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The Not So Talked About Side of Breastfeeding

Exclusively pumping sucks…LITERALLY! It is the not so talked about side of breastfeeding, but I did it and would do it again if I needed too! My…

Being a mom

I Don’t Ever Want to Forget These Days With You

6 Lessons From Half a Lifetime of Mothering

I Will Not Apologize For Being That Mom

Dear Mama Reading This Right Now, You Are Amazing

To My Mom: I Get It Now

Just A Mom – Is That What You Say?

Postpartum Anxiety And Depression: How To Be A Good Friend

A Message for Every Mom

To The Mother Who Never Got To Bring Her Child Home

The Not So Talked About Side of Breastfeeding

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