By Shanna Walker You’ll Be a Teenager Soon, But Today You’re Still My Baby
“I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without…
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By Becca Sitzes Learning to Embrace Beauty Instead of Pursuing Perfection
The other day I saw a photo of myself standing near a river with my daughter and unbidden, the thought…
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By Whitney Fleming What It’s Really Like to Live in a House With Teen Girls
Since first announcing I was pregnant with twin girls 14 years ago, the comments poured in from strangers. “Wait until…
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Dear Mama, These Years With Older Kids Are Worth Waiting For
When my girls were little, people at the library or church or in the grocery store would smile at them…
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I Wash Hoodies Instead of Onesies These Days, But My Babies Still Need Their Mama
I don't remember the last time I washed a onesie. I don't mean this in the way people do when they…
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By Jodie Utter Daughter, Hide These Powerful Truths In Your Heart—Like I Wish I Had At Your Age
At six-years-old, if I possibly could have, I would have told myself, "Tell someone!" At seven, eight, nine, and 10…
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By Becca Wenzel Dear Daughter, You Can Choose Both Kids and a Career
Ever since my oldest daughter started school, if you asked her what she wanted to be when she grew…
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God Gave Me Daughters
I am a mom of daughters and only daughters. By “only” I don't mean there is anything missing or lacking…
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I’m Secretly Afraid My Daughter Won’t Be Pretty
I’m worried my daughter won’t be pretty. There, I said it. I just cringed writing it down, as it goes…
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By Jon Ziegler Hair by Dad
I was always a very hands-on type of dad when it came to performing all the duties necessary to raise…
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By Cheryl Gottlieb Boxer Loving and Letting Go With One Final Braid
Sixteen years ago my daughter was born completely bald. In this respect she was certainly neither unique nor precocious. I,…
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By Traci Rhoades To My Daughter’s Best Friend, You Are Important
To my daughter’s best friend, On my daughter’s first day of kindergarten, she walked into a classroom where she didn’t…
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