Motherhood is a Million Little Letting Gos and Fresh Hellos
I missed my grocery-shopping buddy the other day. Mondays are usually the days my littlest and I knock out our…
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By Kathryn Andersen Adventure Isn’t Over When You Have Kids—It’s Just Beginning
“I don’t want kids for a while,” my friend said, pushing her blonde ringlets behind her ears matter-of-factly. “There’s just…
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By Kelly Thomas Sister, I’ve Been There and You’re Doing Just Fine
“Shew! I wonder what it’s like to be that boy’s momma!” I overheard a lady say as I filled my…
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By Claudia Caramiello In This Season of Un-Needing
In the cold blue winter light, I would nurse my son, his mouth small like a sparrow, his breath warm…
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By Della Cassia I Blinked and the Little Girl Was Gone
They told me not to blink, but I was too overwhelmed learning how to become a mother. They told me…
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I Know I’m Done, but I’ll Always Want Another Baby
I was sorting clothes into tubs to donate, consign, or keep for my 1-year-old, and I came across a newborn…
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By Shana Kim Smith Your Wild Child Is Not the One Who Needs to Change
I’ll start off by saying this: Your child is not the one who needs to change . . . you…
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What If Moms Didn’t Hide Their Tears?
This was a rough morning. I mean rough. I was fighting with my husband . . . again. Late for…
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By Carly Magistro Moms Feel a Different Kind of Worry Because It’s a Different Kind of Love
When I found out I was pregnant, I was terrified. But it wasn’t because I was scared to be a…
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Dear Child, I Will Give You My Love For Always
Why do we follow them out the door? Watch them drive away? Why do we laugh at their laugh instead…
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By Tricia Arthur “Mom, I Have Something To Talk To You About.”
He awaited my reaction like he did when he confessed he wasn’t sure Santa was real. I was in the…
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By Krystal Sieben Motherhood is Beautiful Torture
Motherhood is beautiful torture. It’s worrying, from the minute you see those two pink lines. Maybe you have been trying…
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