By Laura Jean Goodbye to the Baby Years
My baby—my third baby, my last baby—is about to turn one. I’m done having babies, and my youngest is quickly…
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By Whitney Fleming Dear Teenage Daughter, I Will Be Right Here Waiting For You to Come Back to Me
The shift was slow and subtle. First, you pulled away slightly as I put my arm around you walking out…
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By Heather LeRoss You Only Get 18 Christmases
Eighteen is kind of an odd number. It’s big if you’re talking about pounds gained or lost, how many times…
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By Briana Bradley Wilson Dear Daughter at 14
Dear daughter at 14, It seems impossible that you are 14 years old. How did we get here so fast?…
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By Krista Ward Dear Mama, Hold the Baby
They tell you to hold the baby. They tell you that everything else can fall by the wayside. They tell…
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By Karen Lesh You May Be Growing and Changing, But You’ll Always Be My Baby
You know how people change, but deep down, really, they don’t? This is my eldest son when he was 4…
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By Jennifer Kish Our Babies Grow When We Aren’t Looking
I was going to sit with the baby this morning but the laundry was piled sky high. I placed her…
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By Monica Braun Please Let Me Remember Today, Because Tomorrow You’ll Be Another Day Older
It seems like only a few short moments ago I held your tiny little body in my arms. How big…
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By Mary Ann Blair These Hands Tell the Beautiful Story of Mothering You
These are the hands that prayed for your existence, day after day, month after month. These are the hands that…
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By Kayla Friehe The Littleness is Leaving Our Home
The littleness is leaving our home. It's slowly creeping away, almost unnoticed unless I stop to take a hard look…
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By Jess Hunt I Love Being Their Mother
My children will both be at preschool in just a few short months, and it's making me a little nostalgic.…
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By Carolyn Moore Raising Our Kids Near Their Grandparents is the Greatest Gift We Could Ever Give Them
“Bapa?” My one-year-old says, as she toddles over with my cell phone clutched in her small hands. “Cah Bapa?” I…
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