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Kids
August 18, 2019
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Dear Daughter, I Love You More Than You Know

Dear daughter. I love you more than you know. These days, when I hear “you don’t like me,” it quickly breaks my heart into a thousand…

Kids, Motherhood
August 14, 2019
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All I Knew Was Pink—Then Came You

All I knew was pink. I grew up with one sister. We were the best friend of friends. We still are. We had the big pink Barbie dream house and matching…

Kids
August 13, 2019
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Dear Daughter, As You Head Off to Kindergarten

Dear Daughter, You’re starting kindergarten. And the beginning of your school journey means that we’ve got 13 years left together under the same…

Motherhood, Teen
August 12, 2019
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Dear Teen, Your Mother Delights in You

I was there the first time you belly laughed. You found something uproariously funny and as that laugh bubbled up and sheer happiness burst from your…

Teen, Tween
August 4, 2019
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Dear Teen: I’ll Never Stop Asking For One More Moment With You

They will say no most of the time. When you ask them to watch a movie on a Friday night. Or go for a walk after dinner. Or search for sand crabs on a…

Tween
August 3, 2019
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While She’s Still My Little Girl

I can see them, the subtle changes happening in my daughter. I see them every day. In how she lingers in front of the mirror to arrange a strand of…

Living
July 31, 2019
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I Was 15 When I Began Starving Myself

We stopped for ice cream on the way home from your last day of kindergarten. As chocolate ice cream dripped from your cone and melted onto your hands…