By Crystal Fulmer One Day, the Lessons You Taught Them Will Become the Way They Live
Slowly, my job is getting easier. Not because I run a tight ship or because I’m some sort of drill…
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By Amy Keyes What Memories Will They Take from This Room?
The other day I braved my basement. It's not a place I go often. The fleeting years of LEGOs and…
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It’s the First and Last Year He’ll Be Wearing My Shoes
When did this happen? My son and I have the same shoe size. The last month, here in the Northeast,…
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By Geralyn Arango Uncle Alwyn and the Bachelor’s Friend Sox Box
At some point many decades ago, the brown cardboard box my uncle Alwyn Harry, S.J. traveled with held Bachelor’s Friend…
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By Katie Branley Building a Bridge through These Middle Years
“Then I don’t even want to go!” my son yelled at me from his perch atop our stairs. Red-faced and…
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By Lyncon Martinez I’ll Hold You Now Because You Won’t Be Little Forever
It's 3 a.m., and I am purely exhausted. I sit in silence listening to you breathe. I stare at your…
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We’re Building Precious Memories through These Family Traditions
I am sitting in my happiest place in the world: a beach in Puerto Vallarta in the middle of a…
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16 Is a Crossroads for Us Both
Not so long ago, my youngest turned 16. Sixteen candles. Sweet sixteen. Sixteen going on seventeen. All of the reminders that…
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By Melissa Jernigan As I Let My Babies Go, My Heart Remembers It All
I sat on the back pew of the church Sunday. From there, I could see everything except the preacher. Around…
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Can You Be a Crown Straightener?
I volunteered in my fifth-grade daughter's class today. She's graduating from elementary school, so, of course, I was guilted into…
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By Jenna Stehler We Say Goodbye Over and Over as Our Babies Grow
Last year, my son stopped believing in Santa Claus. He’d been asking a lot of questions, and I knew it…
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God Will See You Through These Teenage Years
To my son, Today you came home upset. You didn’t want to talk about it, so I gave you a…
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