By Tiffany Reiger Daughter, When You Look in the Mirror, This is What I Hope You See
To my girl when you look in the mirror, At two years old, you looked in the mirror full of…
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By Carolyn Moore You’re a Little Less Baby Today Than Yesterday
Tiny sparkles are nestled in the wispy hair falling across her brow, shaken free of the princess costume she pulled…
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Dear Tween Daughter, While You’re Still Mine
Sweet daughter, I see you. I’ve been watching observantly for quite some time now. Your uncertain tightrope walk between little girl…
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By Scott Jenkins Human Sex Trafficking Almost Claimed My Daughter
When you hear the words “human trafficking” what comes to mind? Do you understand how terrible it is, but still…
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By Stephen Cordovano Having Kids Motivates You To Be a Better Man
If I can put my finger on a single event that would change the course of my life, it would…
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By Her View From Home I Can’t Change My Mom, But I Can Change the Way I Let Her Affect Me
I have often heard stories of how when women become mothers, it strengthens the bond with their own moms. They…
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By Jennifer Bailey Here’s to the Stepparents Who Show Up
When I was two, my parents' marriage ended. It was over before I was even born, sadly. He left for…
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By Kendra Barnes You Won’t Always Need Me, But I’ll Always Be There
We’d never met, but I knew you. I could see you, envision you. I often told your daddy it was…
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By Tracy Gerhardt-Cooper Seeing My Grown Daughter Happy Fills My Heart With Joy
Joy, frustration, pride, worry, heartbreak—they all play a role in the drama that is motherhood. Unbelievably, I’ve been acting out…
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By Adrian Collins I Placed Her For Adoption At Birth, Then Adopted My Daughter Nearly Two Decades Later
Falling aspen leaves draped the sidewalks in brilliant yellows while my daughter and I browsed clothing stores and talked about…
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I Am the Mom Who Couldn’t Protect Her Daughter
Editor's Note: This post discusses sexual abuse I am the mom. I am the mom who thought she could keep…
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By Daphne Bach Greer 5 Years, 7 Months, and 19 Days Just Weren’t Long Enough With You
I woke up this morning and sat up on my bed, legs dangling towards the floor. The heaviness of my…
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