By Lindsay Sledge “Do You Still Want the China?”
My grandmother sits in the same plush chair that my grandfather sat in before he passed. The red reclining chair,…
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By Nicole Lasley As a Mom I’m Far From Perfect, But I Hope You Remember the Joy
Sometimes, I think about the future when you are grown and I am gone. When all that's left of me…
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By Brittany Reiling Dear Mom, You Spent My Childhood Creating Christmas Memories and I Get It Now
Growing up our tree was always filled with mismatched ornaments because each year, my mom bought us an ornament as a…
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By Amy Juett Sometimes the Wonder of Childhood Is a Spiderweb
I never intended to be the mom whose kids have spider friends living above their beds. It all started one night…
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Simple Moments Shape Childhood
Sometimes it’s the little things that can turn out to be the biggest things. Motherhood has made me appreciate the…
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By Jenni Brennan I Do for My Kids What My Parents Didn’t Do for Me
Sometimes I get mad when I rearrange my work schedule so I can make it to my son’s high school…
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I Know What It’s Like To Have a Difficult Child
One Sunday morning during church, I was standing around bouncing my fussy premature baby around the cry room. This room…
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By Jacalyn Wetzel There Were No Black Disney Princesses When I Was Growing Up, So I Can’t Wait for “The Little Mermaid”
There has been so much controversy around the Little Mermaid being Black. I try to only focus on the videos…
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I Loved You the Best I Could
This morning my 16-year-old son Jack asked me, "How would you say I grew up, Mom? Was I poor? Or…
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By Georgina Butler I Count My Blessings Every Day
I remember being jealous of my classmates often. I would look at the girls at my school who seemed to…
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By Stephanie Kramm You May Not Remember This Part, but My Heart Always Will
You probably won't remember any of this, but I'll forever be changed. The way you first looked up at me…
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To the Daycare Teachers Watching My Babies Grow with Me
I remember the knot in my stomach when my husband and I made the decision to put our kids in…
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