By Carolyn Moore I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Teens, but I’m Learning
I’m a card-carrying baby person. You know the type—the kind of mom who turns into a cooing heap of melty-hearted…
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By Cassie Gottula Shaw I Won’t Always Be My Daughter’s Best Friend, But She’ll Be Mine
For these precious and fleeting few years of her life, I am my daughter’s best friend. The one who makes…
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By Kathleen Duthu Dear Daughter, Buy the Teal Sofa
I’d never heard of apartment sofas until last month, probably because I had hand-me-down living room furniture when I was…
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By Betsy Moore No Man in a Girl’s Life Holds More Influence than Her Dad
As I sat outside Walmart watching my husband of nearly 16 years walk in with my 9-year-old daughter to buy…
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By Tynea Lewis My Little Girl Has Big, Brave Dreams
My 6-year-old daughter wants to be a soldier. When we heard from the ultrasound tech that we were having…
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By Rachel Maier Food Allergies Won’t Stop Her—How My Daughter Is Teaching Me to Be Brave
Dear daughter, I know sometimes you wonder if you’ll ever do normal things without me hovering over you. Double and…
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By Laura Niebauer Palmer There Are No Mother’s Day Cards For Broken Relationships
Every May, I wrestle with, what is for me, the most highly fraught holiday of the year—Mother’s Day. As I…
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By Stacey Skrysak My Daughter is a “Middle of the Pack” Friend But She Will Always Shine In Her Own Way
My daughter and I were chatting about her day when she nonchalantly said, “I didn’t get invited to my friend’s…
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By Alicia Searl I Won’t Miss the Eye Rolls, But I Will Miss You
“You’re gonna miss this one day,” she said. “It all goes by so fast. It’s just a season, and in…
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By Emily Garcia I Couldn’t Hold You When You Were Born, But Now I’ll Hold Your Hand Always
You were born at 5:37 p.m., and I held you from my bed in the labor and delivery room for…
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Dear Daughter: I’m Not Ready to Let Go of These Little Moments with You
Just before dawn I wake, and my first thought is, She’s not here. Then I hear the familiar creak of…
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By Laura Costea I Didn’t Know How Much I’d Love the Tween Years
I don’t know what I expected, exactly. But I didn’t expect you to smile at me and say sweetly, “Thanks,…
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