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Faith, Kids, Motherhood
May 21, 2019
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Dear Mom, I See Jesus In You

Dear Mom, I see Jesus in you. When you sang me to sleep night after night. When you made me grilled cheese for years straight without complaint. When…

Motherhood
April 20, 2019
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Tell Me Mama, When Does It End?

Tell me mama, when does it end? The sleepless nights nursing, the mornings that begin at dawn, the late hours up worrying. Tell me mama, when does it…

Child, Faith
April 2, 2019
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May Love Be the Bookends

My dad was the bookends to my day. Every morning he hugged my sisters and me and told us he loved us. Every night after he said goodnight, he’d…

Child, Motherhood
April 2, 2019
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What if Our Time Together is Cut Short?

I hear the baby crying on the monitor. I open my eyes, roll out of bed, and stumble to his room. “Mama’s here,” I whisper. I pull him out…

News
March 10, 2019
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See Ya Later, Vault! Disney Will Stream All Your Favorite Movies on its New Subscription Service.

When I was a little girl, I spent an insane amount of time curled up on my parents’ couch watching Disney movies on VHS. Nevermind that my brother…

Kids, Motherhood
February 16, 2019
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Your Childhood Does Not Determine the Kind of Mother You’ll Become

For the longest time, I didn’t think I wanted kids. Friends started getting married and having kids and I just couldn’t get there. I told…

Faith, Kids
January 17, 2019
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I Want So Much More Than Happiness For My Children

I’m trying to make my kids’ childhood magical. I want them to have a happy childhood with many happy memories to look back on. So I plan fun…

Kids, Motherhood
November 29, 2018
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The Lies Parents Tell: Why I’m Ready to Break Up with the Magic of Childhood

If you see me running through the town, screaming in the dead of the night, it will hands-down be from sleep lost and stress felt from trying to keep…