By Michelle S. Lazurek Dear Daughter, Follow Your Beautiful Heart
When I held you in my arms for the first time, it was like time stopped. As you looked up…
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By Autumn Knapp Caring For My Toxic Mother Is An Offering, Not a Duty
I’m living smack in the middle of a generational sandwich. If you haven’t heard the term before, “sandwich generation” refers…
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By Brea Schmidt My Daughter is “Extra” and the World Needs More People Like Her
She is . . . extra. She just is. All the time she is extra sad, and then extra "OMG,…
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My Little Girl is Getting Married and I Wonder, Did I Do Enough?
My daughter is fierce, independent, decisive. Somehow, that tiny baby girl I once held in my arms is now grown…
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By Elizabeth Ascik When There Are No More Little Girls’ Clothes
It hit me with a poignancy I didn’t expect, as a milestone I never prepared myself for. At 13 years…
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Dear Daughter, Your Joy Is Contagious
Dear daughter, Thank you for teaching me what joy is. Thank you for waking up laughing and babbling, no matter…
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By Carolyn Moore That’s My Baby behind the Wheel—Please Be Kind
My 14-year-old daughter studied the rules of the road religiously this summer, completed dozens of practice tests online, and passed…
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Dear Kindergartner, Spread Your Wings and Fly
Yesterday. You started kindergarten yesterday. You walked into those doors a baby, your hand clinging to mine, my heart clinging…
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Why Does It All Go So Fast?
I remember the day you were born so vividly. It’s etched into my brain as one of the best moments…
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By Emily Anne Be Brave, Little One
There she was, my typically cautious 3-year-old, up higher than she’d ever been by herself. She was glaring down at…
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Every Time the Doctor Says, “It’s a Girl!” My Heart Grows a Little More
When I'm in the grocery store with my girls, I always get comments. My oldest girls are walking near the…
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I Want To Raise Good Sisters
My current dilemma: how to teach four little girls how to be good sisters when I have no idea what…
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