When Your Daughter Turns 13
Sometimes she takes my breath away, this beautiful daughter of mine. She has one foot in her childhood, the other…
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Sometimes she takes my breath away, this beautiful daughter of mine. She has one foot in her childhood, the other…
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Continue ReadingDear daughter, I saw your smiling face crumble out of the corner of my eye. I noticed you stopped scrolling…
Continue Reading“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our…
Continue ReadingDear Daughter, I always wanted a daughter. After two babies never made it earth-side, I ached and longed and prayed…
Continue ReadingTwenty years. It is hard to wrap my mind around that number. Twenty years ago this month, at the ripe…
Continue ReadingThere it was. Right in that moment that you looked up at me with your big blue eyes, raised your…
Continue ReadingMoms love unconditionally. It’s our calling, our honor. I tell my kids I love them. I show them with considerable…
Continue Reading“How did you do it, Mom? How did you know how to be such a good mom?” “I didn’t,” you…
Continue ReadingI wasn’t sure if I was quite ready. In my heart, I wanted you out of my body; to be…
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