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When Did Middle Aging Get So Hard and How Did My Parents Make It Look So Easy?

Health, Living, Motherhood
September 1, 2025
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By Amy Keyes

When Did Middle Aging Get So Hard and How Did My Parents Make It Look So Easy?

When I was younger, I had no concept of age. My parents and their friends could have been 50, and…

5 Things That Keep Me Hopeful about the Next Generation

Motherhood
March 21, 2025
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By Clarissa Gabriel

5 Things That Keep Me Hopeful about the Next Generation

I love having conversations with my kids and their friends about politics, religion, relationships, mental health, and their general view…

Grown Children, Living, Motherhood
February 20, 2025
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By Debbie Prather

The Full Circle of Love

You don’t know what you don’t know. And I didn’t know what I put her through. My mom waited 11…

Thank You for Love that Spans Generations

Grown Children, Motherhood
October 6, 2024
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By Katie Revai LeFevre

Thank You for Love that Spans Generations

When I look back on my childhood, so many of my most cherished memories are of the days I spent…

Grown Children, Motherhood
September 14, 2024
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By Leslee Madsen

Grandma’s House Is My Happy Place

The pain was excruciating. I was in labor with my daughter, and she was coming fast. The nurse was trying…

Living
August 18, 2024
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By Leslee Madsen

Thank You for This Lineage of Strength

Grandma realigned my world. She was always ready to listen, to talk, to laugh, to cry, to eat chocolate, to…

Grown Children, Motherhood
August 10, 2024
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By Vicki Bahr

A Grandma’s Love Carries On

Until today, I never really thought about the fact that my favorite picture on the middle bookshelf in our great…

Grief, Loss
April 10, 2024
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By Calleen Petersen

Giving Voice to the Babies We Bury

In the 1940s, between my grandmother’s fourth child and my father, she experienced the premature birth of a baby. Family history…

Mothers Don’t Have Scars, They Wear Marks of Love

Motherhood
May 15, 2023
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By Rachel Hagstrom

Mothers Don’t Have Scars, They Wear Marks of Love

"You'll probably still have a scar, but this works better than stitches." As the ER nurse expertly wiped the crusted…

Grief, Grown Children, Motherhood
June 16, 2022
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By Karen Lesh

A Mother’s Love Lasts Forever

She was so pretty. So pretty it was hard to look away from that porcelain skin, those high cheekbones, stunning…

Dear Halftime Show, Thanks For the Memories

Living
February 14, 2022
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By Her View From Home

Dear Halftime Show, Thanks For the Memories

Let's be honest: if you had a Crock-Pot of some kind of cheesy dip simmering on the counter yesterday and…

Living
June 12, 2021
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By Emily Roussell

Find Your Family’s Story and Tell it

I get my love of storytelling from my dad. He has an unreal understanding and recollection of history combined with…

generations

When Did Middle Aging Get So Hard and How Did My Parents Make It Look So Easy?

5 Things That Keep Me Hopeful about the Next Generation

The Full Circle of Love

Thank You for Love that Spans Generations

Grandma’s House Is My Happy Place

Thank You for This Lineage of Strength

A Grandma’s Love Carries On

Giving Voice to the Babies We Bury

Mothers Don’t Have Scars, They Wear Marks of Love

A Mother’s Love Lasts Forever

Dear Halftime Show, Thanks For the Memories

Find Your Family’s Story and Tell it

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