As a Nurse, This Is How I Prepared My Daughter for Her First Period
I don't remember my first period, which means my mother had me well prepared. This doesn't mean I was okay…
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I don't remember my first period, which means my mother had me well prepared. This doesn't mean I was okay…
Continue ReadingSix . . . Six is only one number more than five, one grade, one year . . . but it…
Continue ReadingShe looked up at me with the most hopeful, delighted green-blue eyes, “Look what I got, Mama!” And out from…
Continue ReadingAs my kindergartner came bounding through the door back from the park, she seemed ecstatic to tell me all about…
Continue ReadingI have a vivid memory of tentatively walking toward the little pink sleepers hanging in Nordstrom. I gently lifted one…
Continue ReadingA few months ago, I took my daughter in for a routine check-up, and I had one of those moments…
Continue ReadingI touched her hair today. The delicate, fully-formed, angel-baby droplet plucked intentionally off heaven's tree and placed in my belly…
Continue ReadingMy darling daughter, Every mother wants to hand her daughter the world—not as it stands, but something better, something more…
Continue ReadingMy overstuffed mom purse bumps into elbows and racks as I shepherd another dress into the fitting room. Nothing is…
Continue ReadingDear daughter, Before God knit you in my womb, I was wandering around aimlessly, searching for a purpose. I had…
Continue ReadingI am a boy mom. I’ve lovingly held that title since 2014 when my first son joined our family. My…
Continue ReadingDear daughter, Don't rush. You were born in a brightly lit room, surrounded by a flurry of activity. You were…
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