By Emily Roussell Sweet Child, May You Always Know My Love
You enter the world, and our hearts explode. We cradle you in tenderness, and I wish you would remember .…
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By Cheryl Donely As the Mom of a Teen, I Know I Belong a Few Steps Back
I watched from the driver’s seat my oldest son shut the passenger door and walk toward the high school entrance…
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By Jennifer Toscano You’re Growing Too Quickly For My Heart To Handle
My sweet girl, I love watching you grow. You are getting so big and independent. I see you transforming into…
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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…
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By Meghan Riney 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…
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By Maria Garito 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…
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By Maribeth Darwin 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…
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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…
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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…
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By Tanya Teichroeb 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…
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By Samantha Krieger 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.…
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By Natasha Smith 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.…
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