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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Dear daughter, As I stop and admire you cheerfully splashing around in the bathtub during our nightly bath routine tonight,…
Continue ReadingI will tell you that it was just yesterday that my daughter was born. My brain recalls with such clarity the…
Continue ReadingI picked up this baby girl dressed in the pink-and-white-checkered romper with a pink bow on top of her bald…
Continue ReadingTo my dearest, most difficult daughter, You argue with me. A lot. You never want to brush your hair. Your…
Continue ReadingI could see she was holding back tears as she walked down the steps of the school bus and into…
Continue Reading“I’m going to tell my mama!” I’m still amazed how this sentence, shouted in frustration at her brothers, can still…
Continue ReadingWhile she sleeps, I'll examine her toes and smile at her sweet little legs. I'll smell her soft hair and…
Continue ReadingAs we were getting dressed after my daughter's swimming lesson a few weeks ago, I was hit with an upsetting…
Continue ReadingMy 14-year-old texted me from her break at work, telling me she felt impending doom. You don’t know my daughter,…
Continue ReadingI watch her sleeping peacefully, and I wonder who she’ll be. I wonder what will matter to her. I wonder…
Continue ReadingMy little girls are funny and fierce and smart and loving. They’re fire and snuggles and sugar and fireworks. They…
Continue ReadingRight 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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