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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By Rachael Ramas I Hope This Brother-Sister Bond Lasts a Lifetime
To my children . . . There is something so special about a brother-sister bond. It is one of the…
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My Absent Father is the Reason I’ll Always Put My Son First
Hi Dad, it’s me, your little girl. I am now a parent myself. I now have my own little kid…
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By Alana Smith I Am Two Moms: One To My Children and One To My Aging Mother
I have two young boys, ages seven and two. I am their momma. My own mother is not well, and…
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God Surprised Me With Daughters
Once upon a time, I was 25 and crying in the car. Weeping, actually, over my just-pregnant belly. There was…
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By Angela Hampton Today I Dressed the Barbies For the Last Time
After three girls, we amassed a collection of Barbies and American Girl Dolls that would rival any toy store on…
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By Angela Williams Glenn She’s 13, and I Can Feel Her Slipping Through My Fingers
I feel like here, on the cusp of becoming a teenager, I can feel you slipping through my fingers as…
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By Jenni Conrady 3 Affirmations For Building Brave, Beautiful Daughters
I am brave. I am beautiful. I am His. Some days it’s an eye roll, the kind only a daughter…
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My Daughter is Fierce and I Couldn’t Love Her More
Whenever anyone says her name wrong, she slowly turns around, puts her hands on her hips, and repeats her name,…
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By Leslie Means Yesterday She Was Born, Today She’s 13, and Tomorrow She’ll Be Grown
I cried the day we took her home from the hospital. Most people will tell me that was just hormones.…
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By Kirstyn Wegner Seventh Grade is the Worst
Seventh grade is the worst. It was for me, at least, and I feared it would be for my daughter.…
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