She is Your Dream Come True
For every time you hit your knees, with hopeful prayers to heaven. For every moment you held your breath, as yet another month passed…
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But What if I Don’t Want To Raise a Bossy Daughter?
Everywhere I look, there is a growing trend telling me I should raise my daughter to be bold, fearless, passionate, and bossy. I can get…
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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…
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I’m Raising a Mama’s Girl
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…
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You Are Beautiful, My Darling Girls
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…
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If I Want to Raise a Godlike Woman, I Have to Be One Myself
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…
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To the Brotherless Boy
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…
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Dear Daughter, You Have to Take Your Happiness
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…
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Dear Daughter, I Am With You
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…
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I Thought I Was a Boy Mom—Then I Had Girls
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…
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