Dear Kids, I’m Growing Alongside You
If only my girls knew I am growing right alongside them. I am learning more about myself every day. If only they knew, I am still growing into my…
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I’ve Forgotten the Wonder of Being a Child
The other night I read something that stopped me in my tracks. I had begun reading aloud the Puffin Classics version of Peter Pan to my boys…
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Stay Here Awhile, My Child
Stay here a little while. Where new freckles on your nose have formed. Where sun-kissed hair has come to make its presence. RELATED: There’s a…
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It Isn’t Easy To Say Goodbye To the Little Boy I Raised
Buried within the correspondence from politicians seeking donations and stores celebrating Labor Day sales, I spot an email from a friend and open it…
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College is An Adjustment For Moms and Dads, Too
Here we are again, with the big empty duffel bags out, waiting to be filled. It feels like we were just hauling our son’s stuff (and our son) back…
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This is What Loving a Big Kid Looks Like
This is me, loving you, my big kid. Biting my tongue and biding my time. Thinking. And waiting. And it’s hard—SO hard—because it’s such a…
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We Raise Our Children To Say Goodbye, But I’m Not Ready
I know we raise our children to release them in the end, but will I be ready to say goodbye when it’s time? Every milestone in their life…
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Dear Daughter, 7 Years Old is Your Sweet Spot
The other day you wore your pineapple Children’s Place sundress and threw your long blonde hair up in a ponytail. I caught you staring out the…
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She’s a Teenager Now, But I Still Find Myself Watching Her
I probably took a million pictures of her . . . just this year. Or was it just this month. And I find myself just watching her. As I once did when I…
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I’m Watching My Little Boy Become a Young Man
I’ve been here before. This space between elementary school and middle school is familiar to me for I have walked this road before with my oldest…
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