By Carolyn Moore Publix Holiday Ad Nails It: You Never Outgrow Needing Your Mom
The first time I ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner on my own, my mom was several hundred miles away. I was…
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I Wasn’t Counting On You Growing Up So Fast
I wasn’t counting. I was feeding you on the sofa in the dark, I was rereading the directions on a…
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By Her View From Home I Will Never Hold My Children Back, Even If It Means They Move Far Away
“I want you to know that you can live anywhere you want when you grow up. You don’t need to…
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By Cat Borg My Kids Are All in School Now and It’s a Little Lonely
I had just dropped my children off at school. All of them. My youngest has just started full-time. It was…
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This In-Between Stage is New For Us Both
While I was organizing my daughter's bedroom this weekend, it hit me: we've entered the in-between years. We're in between…
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Every Time I Put You Down, You Grow a Little More
You’re six months old today. Everything about you is so much bigger now—including the personality that’s showing through. But today?…
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God Gave Me Babies Who Grew Up
Tapping the “off” button on my iPhone, I ended the FaceTime with my daughter. Smiling to myself, I reflected on…
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Every Time You Walk Away You’re a Little Less Mine
There's something about watching them walk away. Sometimes when they are in front of me and I catch a glimpse…
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By Jenni Brennan I Do for My Kids What My Parents Didn’t Do for Me
Sometimes I get mad when I rearrange my work schedule so I can make it to my son’s high school…
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By Maralee Bradley Hey Tweens and Teens—You Can Trick-or-Treat at My House
When I was a kid, my parents had a definite cutoff age for trick-or-treating. As we entered the middle school…
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By Elisa Preston You’re Just Like Mommy and Daddy
She has my eyes and his smile, my gentle touch and his playfulness. She talks like me, laughs like him.…
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By Sara Springer My Babies Are Growing Up, but I Will Never Outgrow Them
I spent nearly a decade birthing babies and subsequently breastfeeding them. I have been pregnant so many times I am…
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