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No Screens Before 7: How Our Family Broke Free of the Screentime Habit

Living, Motherhood
July 1, 2022
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By Evi Wusk

No Screens Before 7: How Our Family Broke Free of the Screentime Habit

“We still have three more minutes!” my 7-year-old says, bouncing with Christmas-like anticipation and excitement. “Well,” I say, looking from…

Faith, Marriage, Motherhood
June 30, 2022
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By Kelley Shrader

I’m So Thankful For This Little Family

I remember my teenage self dreaming, hoping, and praying for a life like I have now. Praying for a man…

There’s No Distance a Grandparent’s Love Cannot Reach

Grown Children, Motherhood
June 21, 2022
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By Brianna Baranowski

There’s No Distance a Grandparent’s Love Cannot Reach

You just finished another chaotic FaceTime call. Chubby toddler fingers hung up several times, hoping to catch that elusive red…

How Do You Know it’s Really the Last Baby?

Baby, Motherhood
June 18, 2022
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By Courtney Hughes

How Do You Know it’s Really the Last Baby?

I love being pregnant. I love everything about it. I am, however, one of the lucky ones who has been…

Living
June 16, 2022
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By Taylor Hagemeyer

Happy Sister’s Day

There's not an official “Sister’s Day” but girl, there should be. This past weekend, I spent a few days with…

To the Mother-in-Law Whose Love I Doubted, I Get it Now

Grown Children, Living
June 15, 2022
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By Betsy Moore

To the Mother-in-Law Whose Love I Doubted, I Get it Now

I am your only son’s first and only love. We met in college. From the moment I met you, mother-in-law,…

Adult-Size Changing Tables Give Families Like Mine the Chance to Experience More

Living, Motherhood
June 15, 2022
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By Alison Bynum

Adult-Size Changing Tables Give Families Like Mine the Chance to Experience More

Adult-size changing tables are something the general public has no clue is necessary until they find themselves in need of…

Grown Children, Motherhood
June 12, 2022
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By Courtney Hughes

Having Faraway Family is Hard

To all the "faraway grandmas and grandpas”—this is what my children call my parents. They live in central Canada, and…

Faith, Marriage, Motherhood
June 8, 2022
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By Kim Patton

Spaghetti Sauce Faith

It was Sunday afternoon, and I was loading my grocery cart higher than I ever had in my life. My…

Stitching Our Scars into Something Beautiful

Living, Motherhood
June 7, 2022
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By Kirstyn Wegner

Stitching Our Scars into Something Beautiful

I’d always admired the beautiful, blank canvas of my future. I’d always dreamed of the ways I would fill it…

It’s Not My Dream Home but It Holds Our Dreams

Living, Motherhood
May 31, 2022
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By Laura Costea

It’s Not My Dream Home but It Holds Our Dreams

It wasn’t what we had in mind—this 1914 house with one bathroom on a busy street but far from everything.…

Grandparents Create a Special Kind of Joy

Living
May 29, 2022
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By Abbey Feldkamp

Grandparents Create a Special Kind of Joy

Grandparents say grandkids are the joy of their life—I think they got it backward. Grandparents are such a special treasure,…

Family

No Screens Before 7: How Our Family Broke Free of the Screentime Habit

I’m So Thankful For This Little Family

There’s No Distance a Grandparent’s Love Cannot Reach

How Do You Know it’s Really the Last Baby?

Happy Sister’s Day

To the Mother-in-Law Whose Love I Doubted, I Get it Now

Adult-Size Changing Tables Give Families Like Mine the Chance to Experience More

Having Faraway Family is Hard

Spaghetti Sauce Faith

Stitching Our Scars into Something Beautiful

It’s Not My Dream Home but It Holds Our Dreams

Grandparents Create a Special Kind of Joy

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