By Michelle Downing I Want a Love Like Chip & Jo
There aren’t shirts reading “Love Me Like Chip Loves Jo” for no reason. I love a good home renovation. I…
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By Stephanie Ross The Legacy of My Mother’s Hands
They were freckled and toasted by the sun, like the rest of her, from years of play and horseback riding…
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By Jackie Semmens My Family Constantly Divides My Time Until There’s Barely Any Me Left
Everyone needs me right now. The middle one has a cough. My husband wants a date night. The baby wants…
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By Traci Rhoades She Lived to Be 105—and This Mantra Got Her Through
Technically, she was my great aunt, but we called her Aunt Marjorie. For most of my childhood, it was Aunt…
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By Nina Leicht-Crist Dear Daughter, I’ve Given You My All, Now It’s Time For You To Fly
Daughter, I’m at the end of my rope and yet I am more relieved than I have been for a…
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By Kimberly Yavorski 15 Teen-Approved Ways to Say I Love You
Though teenagers sometimes act as though they don’t want to give or receive love, they do. Here are some ways…
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By Nicole Merritt You Helped Me Discover the Love Beyond the Exhaustion, Sweet Child
Seriously... Don't wake me up. I don't want to wake up. Why, you ask? Well, if I wake up then…
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By Catherine Dietrich I Love the Way You Love Me, Husband
The click of the front door and unexpected footsteps in the entrance hall. The ecstatic screams of your daughters as they…
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By Karen Johnson This is the Kind of Village Moms Really Need
A friend and I were joking recently about the things we used to say, before kids, or when our firsts…
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By Becca Sitzes Grief Gave Me the Courage To Start Saying No
I have a hard time saying no. I say yes to things because I think I should. I say yes…
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By Carolyn Moore We Were Just Kids When We Fell In Love
You were snarky and shy, awkward in that endearing gangly teenage boy kind of way. You made me laugh, and…
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By Sonni Abatta Can I Be a Mother to a Baby for Just One More Day
Long live the flour sack days, that short period of time where your whole, warm body melts right onto my chest.…
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