By Beth Blamick Teach Kids People Are More Important than Things
A loud crash echoed from the other room, interrupting my kitchen duties that morning. Seconds before, I’d been enjoying the raucous…
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Why Is It So Easy To Blame Myself?
My toddler looks so funny with her one tooth. Now every time she smiles, I laugh. When she laughs, watching…
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By Michelle Hurst So Much of Parenting Teens is Slowly Letting Go
I saw an exhausted mom in front of me at Target the other day. Her cart was loaded with diapers…
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By Krystal Sieben Parenting Is Easier When We’re Kind To Each Other
Maybe I am blessed (or incredibly naïve) but I’m part of a community where I haven’t run into mean moms.…
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By Melissa Jernigan As I Let My Babies Go, My Heart Remembers It All
I sat on the back pew of the church Sunday. From there, I could see everything except the preacher. Around…
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One of the Greatest Gifts I Give My Kids Is Letting Them See Me Fail
One of the greatest gifts I can give my kids is for them to see me fail. When I was…
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By SaraLeann A. Daddow Surrendering Martha Motherhood
I woke up to our fiercely dedicated rooster crowing at any hint of light on the farm. His loyalty to…
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By Sharon Klump Somewhere There’s a Mother Feeling It All
Somewhere right now, there's a woman brand new to motherhood. Memories from the hospital are fresh in her mind as…
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By Kathryn Andersen If Your Kids Are Your Only Contribution to Holiday Gatherings This Year, That’s Enough
Flour coated my hands and the front of my blue sweatshirt as I carefully smoothed the dough with my rolling…
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By Lois Flowers The Last Thing I Wanted to Do Was Worth Every Sweaty Step
“I want to do running club,” my daughter Molly announced a few days after school started. Excited that my then…
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By Charissa Bates I Do Want to Go For Coffee, But My Kids Need Me Right Now
“Sorry, I can’t meet up for coffee. My life has been chaotic,” I say for what feels like the tenth…
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By Kelley Mack Motherhood Is Not One Size Fits All
There were many, many things (okay almost everything) I didn’t account for when preparing to become a new mom, but…
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