I Can’t Save You, But I Will Point You To the One Who Can
To my girls . . . I will never be the one who can heal your broken heart. I will never be the one who can protect you from all the danger in…
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Having a Daughter is So Much More Than I Thought it Would Be
Having a daughter is nothing like I thought it would be. You see, the moment that the doctor screamed, “It’s a girl!” all I could picture was…
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There’s Just Something About a Girl Dad
There’s just something about a girl dad. He has a hand gentle enough to tie hair ties, precise enough to paint toenails. He smirks and brings…
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Embracing This Mustard Seed Motherhood
These early years with my girls. I often think about how my little ones will have no recollection of this time. Thousands upon thousands upon…
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9 Ways To Teach Your Daughter To Love Her Body
Growing up whenever I daydreamed about motherhood, I always thought I’d be a boy mom. I grew up with brothers, I went through a serious tomboy…
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Mothering Daughters is a Work of the Heart
Mothering daughters is so much more than sparkles, shopping sprees, and princesses. It’s so much deeper. It’s being in awe of how strong her…
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When You Have Both a Son and a Daughter
When you have a boy, you’ll find underwear hanging off the dining room chandelier, and a crocodile suspended off the light switch by its…
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Second Isn’t So Bad
Let me just get this out of the way: being the second wife and stepmom is hard and not a lot of fun at times. I started to write about how being…
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I’m Raising Sons Who Will Break Your Daughters’ Hearts
As a mom of all boys, I’m always hearing “He’s going to break some hearts one day,” and then I’m hearing, “It better not be my…
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We’re Raising All Girls and We Love it
Four girls. I could never have imagined the number of comments that four little girls could spur from the mouths of total strangers. …
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