By Her View From Home That Day My Brother Died
It’s Saturday in January; you’re getting the family ready for your son’s basketball game. Your mom is coming to cheer…
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By Jorrie Varney Dear Child, Not Everyone Is Going To Like You
Dear Child, I want to tell you something that may be hard to hear, but you have to promise you…
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By Karen Johnson When There Are No More Wobots (As My Last Baby Turns Five)
Ten years into parenthood, I have come to realize a few things: There will always be something to worry about.…
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By Arianna Freelen As a Mother, I Have the Power to Destroy My Home
A few days ago, my husband and I got into a heated argument. The type of argument that probably…
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By Jenny Leboffe Post-Adoption Depression: Coping to Hoping
Strange: bringing a distant dream home in the form of adoption, then one day after a series of bad days,…
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By Melanie Forstall These Are the Things I Will Tell My Children As They Grow
Years ago, a very wise woman explained to me that within the human experience, while our circumstances may vary,…
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By Katie Parton The Secret to Keeping a Family Strong When Life Gets Hard
It has been said that families either pull apart or pull together when tragedy strikes. I am part of a…
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By Brandi Little Before You Ask When I’m Having Another Baby, Consider This
Let me start by saying that I know when someone asks, “When are you going to have another baby?” there’s…
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By Carolyn Moore Slow Down, Mom—Because Babies Don’t Keep
Tonight, for the first time in a very, very long time, I stopped. I stopped trying to solve every problem…
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I Still Love My Engagement Ring, After All These Years
My engagement ring is not huge or terribly fancy—but it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen when it…
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By Catherine Dietrich These Are The Days We’ll Treasure All Our Lives
These are the days. They are days ruled by fatigue, when “tired” is a sliding scale rather than an occasional…
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By Molly England I’ve Learned to Love Each of My Children Differently
I had a beautiful and unexpected realization during my kids’ bedtime tonight. My seven-year-old, strong-willed daughter taught me that, without…
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