Let’s Make the Pinky Swear Promise This Year, Friend
This year I am committed to keeping important relationships not just alive, but thriving. It’s so easy to let friendships slip. It’s so easy to…
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Where is the Mama Village?
Where is the mama village? You know the one . . . the friends, the neighbors, the teachers, the extended family that our mothers and grandmothers had…
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I’m So Grateful For My “Always” Friends
It’s weird how friendship changes over the years. Friendship in second grade looks nothing like high school friendship, and college friendship…
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Don’t Take This Personally, But Please Don’t Ever Call Me on the Phone
I sat here trying to remember when I last spent time chatting with a friend on the phone until I realized ain’t nobody got time for that. The…
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Dear Mom Friend, This is What I Pray For You
I pray for your strength. And I don’t just mean strength to live or to get the pickle jar open. I mean the strength to push back the covers, to…
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What if I’m Just Not Meant to Have “Ride or Die” Friends?
Squad. Tribe. Mom Friends. Where is my “ride or die”? I think about this often as I scroll social media and see others posting about…
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My House is Usually Full of Other People’s Kids—and I Love it
This week, my husband is traveling, which leaves me home with the kids. In my house, that means a revolving door of neighborhood pals and school…
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Sometimes Motherhood Makes Keeping Friendships Alive Hard
I was never the girl with a crowd of friends. I was more the “a few good friends” type. Those friendships were precious and yet, I nearly…
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To My Son’s First Friend, Thank You
Chances are I won’t be giving you this letter for a long time. Right now, you can’t read or write and some of you can barely talk yet. I’m…
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Friends, We Need Each Other
Girls, listen up. I have something important to say. About us. We need each other. We do. Today I got an unexpected gift in the mail from a precious…
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