By Della Cassia I Blinked and the Little Girl Was Gone
They told me not to blink, but I was too overwhelmed learning how to become a mother. They told me…
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By Emily Stevens My Daughters are Shaping Me
Many of us have been fed lie after lie about motherhood. We are told that when we have children, our…
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By Jennifer Bailey I’m Taking My Girls to the Taylor Swift Eras Movie and I Couldn’t be More Excited
In 2009, I took my almost 5-year-old to a concert. The artist was Taylor Swift, a still somewhat new artist,…
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By Her View From Home When I Told My Rainbow Baby about the Baby Who Came before Her
For 11 years I’ve wondered what it would be like to tell her. I’ve imagined various scenes where it would…
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By Leslie Means 15 Is Everything
She used to wear cat shirts and mismatched socks and silly pants. But this is 15. Now she’s up early…
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By Amelie Dobie As a Nurse, This Is How I Prepared My Daughter for Her First Period
I don't remember my first period, which means my mother had me well prepared. This doesn't mean I was okay…
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Dad Left a Legacy in Fried Green Tomatoes
When I was growing up, my dad’s Kentucky roots were very evident in our kitchen, especially the summertime meals he…
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By Krystal Sieben Six Feels So Much Bigger
Six . . . Six is only one number more than five, one grade, one year . . . but it…
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By Stephanie Janney Does She Know How Much I Love Her?
I wasn’t prepared for this time in our life together. I wasn’t given enough warning on how I would be…
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By Elisa Preston Sometimes I Say Yes Just to See Her Smile
She looked up at me with the most hopeful, delighted green-blue eyes, “Look what I got, Mama!” And out from…
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By Brittany Olson Dear Daughter, about That Other 4-Letter Word
As my kindergartner came bounding through the door back from the park, she seemed ecstatic to tell me all about…
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By Courtney Marie Poullas To the Grandmothers: Don’t Forget To Hold Your Daughters
Several women in my larger circle of friends have recently given birth. The photos of their precious miracles shine on…
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