Dear Daughter, I Wish I Could Stop the World From Breaking Your Heart
Dear daughter, As I stop and admire you cheerfully splashing around in the bathtub during our nightly bath routine tonight,…
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By Jenny Albers When She’s 10
I will tell you that it was just yesterday that my daughter was born. My brain recalls with such clarity the…
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I’m Not Ready For Her To Grow Up, But She Is
I picked up this baby girl dressed in the pink-and-white-checkered romper with a pink bow on top of her bald…
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I Love Every “Difficult” Thing About You, My Child
To my dearest, most difficult daughter, You argue with me. A lot. You never want to brush your hair. Your…
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By Esther Goetz I’m Not Enough For My Teen Daughter, So I’m Grateful For Her Friends
I could see she was holding back tears as she walked down the steps of the school bus and into…
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When She Calls Me Mama
“I’m going to tell my mama!” I’m still amazed how this sentence, shouted in frustration at her brothers, can still…
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While She Sleeps, I Pray
While she sleeps, I'll examine her toes and smile at her sweet little legs. I'll smell her soft hair and…
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By Erin Wood I’m Raising a Firecracker of a Daughter
As we were getting dressed after my daughter's swimming lesson a few weeks ago, I was hit with an upsetting…
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By Kelsey Scism 14 Feels Like the Beginning of Our Slow Goodbye
My 14-year-old texted me from her break at work, telling me she felt impending doom. You don’t know my daughter,…
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By Cassie Gottula Shaw Dear Daughter, I Dreamed of You
I watch her sleeping peacefully, and I wonder who she’ll be. I wonder what will matter to her. I wonder…
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Little Girls Are Pure Magic
My little girls are funny and fierce and smart and loving. They’re fire and snuggles and sugar and fireworks. They…
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By Meghan Moyer I’m Teaching My Daughter To Say a Confident ‘No’
Right now, “no” is her favorite word. Isn’t it every toddler’s favorite word? We chuckle when they say no all…
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