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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By Claudia Caramiello Signs of Myself
All around the house: Size 10 sneakers, oversized hoodies, half-full water bottles, and blunt little hairs all over the sink.…
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By Amy Cirksena Resenting Motherhood
I am meeting with my new therapist. She is my age, give or take a year or two, which automatically…
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By Mary McConville Midlife Is Remaking Me as a Woman and a Mother
It started like any ordinary weeknight dinner. Except this night, my teenage son sat at the table, head in his…
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By Ashley Butler My Brain Tabs Are All Open and I’ve Lost the Mouse
Some days, my brain feels like an internet browser with every single tab open, music blaring from somewhere I can’t…
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I’ll Never Stop Taking “Too Many” Photos
A photograph is like hitting pause on life—a way to hold onto a moment we want to cherish and revisit…
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By Laura Massimini Motherhood Will always be My Anchor, But It’s Not My Ceiling
My kids are growing up. And so am I. The difference? They’re allowed to change without explanation, but when Mom…
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I’m the Reliable Mom
From a really young age, I understood that I wasn’t the fun friend. I was the friend worried about the…
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By Larissa Darter The Sacred In-Between of Motherhood
There’s a quiet space no one really talks about in motherhood: the in-between. Yet I spend a lot of time…
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By Tara Hanratty Dear Kids, Even When It’s Hard, I Live for You
I often think about what I want my kids to know. Not just about life, but about this thing that’s…
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