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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By Kelley Friedland Childhood Is Messy with Imagination and I Want to Remember It All
Sometimes I take random photos on my phone of my son’s bedroom or what he has built with his LEGOs.…
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There’s No Instruction Manual for These Middle Years
As a preschool teacher and a mom, I’ve always felt pretty confident in my parenting from ages birth to 5…
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By Kirstyn Wegner They Just Played Dolls: Making Foster Children Feel Welcome
“Mom,” my daughter whined, “I give up. I can’t do this anymore. She is driving me crazy.” I knew the…
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By Jessica Manack Mommy, Will You Play With Me?
Her little voice sounds through the rooms, "Can somebody come and play with me?" "Honey, just a few minutes, I'm…
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By Emily Waletich Remember When Summer Lasted Forever?
June has always been magical. It’s open window season in the Midwest. The perfect offering after a long thaw and…
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By Heather LeRoss I Want You To Miss Your Childhood One Day Too
What I miss the most about childhood is owning my whole heart. Before I gave pieces of it away to…
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The Only Way to Freeze Time Is to Take the Picture—So I’ll Take as Many as I Can
Life ebbs and flows. Seasons come and go. One of the reasons I take so many photos is because they…
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Today Was the Kind of Day I Hope They Won’t Remember
It was one of those days in motherhood. The long, bumpy kind—where nothing seems to go right and everyone butts…
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