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“Mama, Can You Stay With Me For Just a Little Bit?”

Motherhood
November 7, 2019
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By Kiley Hillner

“Mama, Can You Stay With Me For Just a Little Bit?”

“Mama, can you stay with me for a little bit?” My almost-4-year-old has always been an extraverted socialite who would…

The Time We Have Left Isn’t Nearly Enough

Motherhood
November 3, 2019
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By Kathy Radigan

The Time We Have Left Isn’t Nearly Enough

As a mom, I’ve always wished a postcard would come in the mail informing me that I was about to…

The Secret No One Told Me About the Teenage Years is How Much I’d Love Them

Motherhood, Teen
November 1, 2019
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By Whitney Fleming

The Secret No One Told Me About the Teenage Years is How Much I’d Love Them

I expected the sighs and the eye-rolls and the closed bedroom doors. After all, I was a teenager once, too,…

Kids, Motherhood
October 24, 2019
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By Kelli Bachara

Please Don’t Ever Get Too Old For Me

Please don’t get too old for me. I know I won’t be able to pick you up forever. You are…

Kids, Motherhood
October 22, 2019
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By Caroline Murray

You’re Growing Up Right Before My Eyes

Some days I don’t notice anything at all. It’s a challenge to get through the day. Alarm clocks going off.…

It Could Be the Last Time—And I Want To Remember

Kids, Motherhood
October 20, 2019
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By Katie Faris

It Could Be the Last Time—And I Want To Remember

“Love, you might want to get a picture of this. It could be the last time.” What is my six-foot-four…

Motherhood, Teen
October 18, 2019
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By Whitney Fleming

And Then, She’s 15

This is 15. 15 is early mornings at school and late-night studying. 15 is sleeping in any chance she gets…

Kids, Motherhood
October 18, 2019
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By Heather Simpson

One Day, You’ll Be Grown

One day, you'll stop sneaking into my room for late-night snuggles on a school night. She won't need me to…

One Day You Won’t Need Me Like This, But Right Now, You Still Do

Kids, Motherhood
October 16, 2019
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By Sarah McClain

One Day You Won’t Need Me Like This, But Right Now, You Still Do

I lay here typing this with one hand because you've fallen asleep holding my hand, and I can't bring myself…

Motherhood, Teen
October 15, 2019
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By Amy Betters-Midtvedt

She’s 14 and I Already Miss Her

Behold the 14-year-old. Starting to spread her wings. Starting to turn her gaze outward from the walls of this house…

Kids, Motherhood
October 10, 2019
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By Nicole Hastings

I Get To Watch You Grow Up

We were at the grocery store the other day and you walked right past the penny horse without even a…

To My Firstborn: We’re Growing Up Together

Motherhood
October 3, 2019
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By Stephanie Hanrahan

To My Firstborn: We’re Growing Up Together

To my firstborn, You are the one I get it wrong with. My trial and error. My guinea pig I…

growing up

“Mama, Can You Stay With Me For Just a Little Bit?”

The Time We Have Left Isn’t Nearly Enough

The Secret No One Told Me About the Teenage Years is How Much I’d Love Them

Please Don’t Ever Get Too Old For Me

You’re Growing Up Right Before My Eyes

It Could Be the Last Time—And I Want To Remember

And Then, She’s 15

One Day, You’ll Be Grown

One Day You Won’t Need Me Like This, But Right Now, You Still Do

She’s 14 and I Already Miss Her

I Get To Watch You Grow Up

To My Firstborn: We’re Growing Up Together

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