I Did Not Have Time For Tears Today
I did something new today: I scheduled a cry. I felt it welling up inside me for most of the…
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Sometimes a Mom Just Needs To Cry
My 3-year-old daughter and I took a morning stroll around our neighborhood while my husband and 7-year-old daughter took the…
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“I Just Want it To Be Normal, Mom.”
Wrapped up in his favorite blanket on the floor—through tears—my kindergartener named off every single person in his class and…
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I Never Take the Little Things For Granted Anymore
I love our son's cry. To us, it means life. It means we have a living baby in front of…
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Dear Mama, It’s OK To Cry
It’s a scenario that is entirely universal and yet wholly isolating—a mother, shielding herself from the chaos of her home,…
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Let Us Raise Sons Who Know It’s OK To Cry
While running errands the other day, I witnessed a boy, maybe seven or eight, absolutely bawling his eyes out. I…
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You Carry the Weight of Your Family on Your Shoulders, Mama—Cry if You Want
It’s OK, momma. It’s OK to lock yourself in the bathroom and cry on the floor when it’s all just…
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You Won’t Find Me Crying on the First Day of Kindergarten
In a few days, I’ll hand over the keys to my most valuable commodity: my child. She’ll march into kindergarten—without…
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I’m the Mom Hiding Tears I Need You to See
You can't see it in this photo, but this is the face of a mom with a whole lot of…
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It’s OK To Cry—The World Needs Your Empathy
It's taken me my whole life to realize I have a superpower—and that it's empathy. For me, it manifests first…
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