Parenting Gets Easier and Harder at the Same Time
New moms in the trenches often ask, "Does it get easier?" It should be a simple answer, a yes or…
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New moms in the trenches often ask, "Does it get easier?" It should be a simple answer, a yes or…
Continue ReadingFor years I was in the trenches of motherhood. My firstborn needed to feel my touch. If he didn't, he…
Continue ReadingI was ready for sleepless nights. I was ready for chaos and nonstop talking and peeing with an audience. I’ve…
Continue ReadingEvery time could be the last time in the toy aisle. I spent over an hour with this kid walking…
Continue ReadingFor the adolescents in my nest, everything seems too big. There is no context or perspective, only borderless heartache and…
Continue ReadingThis is the part that gets me. Come Monday morning, I’ll be rushing to get you and your younger siblings…
Continue ReadingIn less than two weeks, my oldest son will be a fifth-grader and my youngest son will excitedly enter the…
Continue ReadingI’m not quite ready to let go. It’s your first day of kindergarten, a day that’s arrived more swiftly than…
Continue ReadingYou were so excited tonight that I wondered if you would ever settle down enough to fall asleep. As you…
Continue ReadingMy children frequently take my breath away, whether with their beauty (because, oh, my, these children are beautiful, aren’t they?)…
Continue ReadingIt is well past bedtime as I watch you snuggle into your little bed with your impressive collection of blankets,…
Continue ReadingOne day, you won’t ask me to lie down with you in the night and trace pictures along your back…
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