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I Was a Mean Girl, and I’m So Sorry

There’s something you don’t know about me. Something I’d rather let sit in the back of a dark closet and never revisit—or admit, for that…

With my needed-to-be-refilled coffee mug in-hand, I got up from the couch to get my second dose of caffeine for the day. Five steps into…

Once upon a time, there lived a mama and her three girls. The three girls loved to play dress up. They had a room full of jewelry and…

I’ll never forget how I felt when I found out I was pregnant with a baby girl. My mind instantly filled with images of pink tutus and hair bows. I…

You are just a toddler now, not yet two, and the second born of four children. When I found out you were to have another sister—making you the only…

Dear daughter, Some people are just born smiling. Everyone else has to work at it. Learn how to take charge of your own happiness. No one can make…

Dear daughter, Please hear my words and soak them in. Never forget what I am saying. I just want you to know I really love you. I have lived my own…

I genuinely always saw myself as having a boy. When I discovered I was pregnant, my husband and I were already calling our little tiny speck of…

Once upon a time, there was a warm and wonderful teacher who stood in front of her new kindergarten class and welcomed 25 precious little girls to…

Moms love unconditionally. It’s our calling, our honor. I tell my kids I love them. I show them with considerable squeezes in inopportune moments,…