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I Just Left a Piece of My Heart in a College Dorm

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
July 22, 2019
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By Susan Greco

I Just Left a Piece of My Heart in a College Dorm

I saw Hoda Kotb today in New York about to start her third hour of The Today Show. I waved…

Grief, Grown Children
July 19, 2019
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By Lindsey Carson

To My Dad Gone Too Soon: I Miss You

Dear Dad, Man, I miss you. It seems like just yesterday I was getting dressed up in my frilly dress…

Grown Children, Kids, Motherhood
July 15, 2019
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By Vanessa Colangelo

She’s My Mom, and She Did Her Best

It was a typical Thursday morning, but the gloomy clouds and drizzling rain poetically accompanied a nagging sadness that I…

Will I Forget My Mom as the Years Without Her Slip By?

Grief, Motherhood
July 10, 2019
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By Olivia Webb

Will I Forget My Mom as the Years Without Her Slip By?

I'm on year 11. Eleven years. I can't even relay to you how 11 years feels impossible, yet so quick…

Kids, Marriage
July 7, 2019
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By Vicki Bahr

Dear Husband, It’s All in Your Eyes

We were babysitting our youngest grandson, Adler, for an afternoon while our daughter Becca made some sales calls. Three-year-old Adler…

I Didn’t Just Lose My Mom the Day She Died

Grief, Loss
July 3, 2019
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3 Minute Read

By Nikki Pennington

I Didn’t Just Lose My Mom the Day She Died

I didn't just lose her the day she died, I've lost her many times over the years. I lost her…

Dad, My Kids Are So Lucky To Have You As Their Grandpa

Grown Children, Kids, Motherhood
June 30, 2019
15.4K Views
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By Casey Huff

Dad, My Kids Are So Lucky To Have You As Their Grandpa

That twinkle in your eye. It’s always been my favorite. It was the thing I looked to for approval, humor,…

Grown Children, Journal, Living, Relationships
June 21, 2019
12.6K Views
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By Britt LeBoeuf

Goodbye to the House That Built Me

In the winter of 1985, while I was halfway done growing in my mom's belly, my parents moved into a…

Grown Children, Kids
June 16, 2019
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By Kelli Bachara

A Dad is His Daughter’s Safe Place, Too

“Mothers are their children’s safe place.” I hear this all the time. I feel this way about my mom, and…

To the Grandparents Who Live Far Away, We Feel Your Love

Grown Children, Kids, Living
June 13, 2019
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By Leah Porritt

To the Grandparents Who Live Far Away, We Feel Your Love

Dear out-of-town grandparent, I see you in your house over there. Too far for me to see, but familiar enough…

Grief, Grown Children
June 7, 2019
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3 Minute Read

By Jenny Albers

My Parents Are Aging and I Worry

I woke suddenly in the wee hours of the morning, unsure if it was the pounding thunder that had startled…

I Blinked and You Went From Kindergarten to College

Motherhood, Teen
June 4, 2019
11.1K Views
7 Minute Read

By Kelly Richardson

I Blinked and You Went From Kindergarten to College

I remember the first day of kindergarten. I remember how far away your senior year in high school seemed and…

grown children

I Just Left a Piece of My Heart in a College Dorm

To My Dad Gone Too Soon: I Miss You

She’s My Mom, and She Did Her Best

Will I Forget My Mom as the Years Without Her Slip By?

Dear Husband, It’s All in Your Eyes

I Didn’t Just Lose My Mom the Day She Died

Dad, My Kids Are So Lucky To Have You As Their Grandpa

Goodbye to the House That Built Me

A Dad is His Daughter’s Safe Place, Too

To the Grandparents Who Live Far Away, We Feel Your Love

My Parents Are Aging and I Worry

I Blinked and You Went From Kindergarten to College

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