By Gina Rich Can I Learn to Love a Stepmother When I Still Ache For My Mom?
I remember the first time my father mentioned her. It was autumn, less than a year after my mother had…
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By Adrienne West I Don’t Think I Can Do This
It was time for the annual semi-dreaded first day of school picture for my two youngest boys who are now…
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By Amanda Motisi Dear Mom, I Still Need You
Dear Mom, After we welcomed my first baby—my daughter, your first grandchild—into the world, I was so overwhelmed with sudden…
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By Whitney Fleming Dear Mom, Thanks for Still Mothering Me in This Exhausting Stage of Motherhood
Dear Mom, It feels weird to be in my forties and still say I need you. But I do. Your…
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By Catherine Gentry The Mental Load of Mothering a Teen
“Kids are messy.” I remember my mother telling me that, long ago when I was pregnant with my first daughter, and…
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By Dana Laquidara The Stranger I Call Mother
When my mother called me last September, I was surprised by how easily I still recognized the sound of her…
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By Beth Mund Why I Got a Tattoo With My Teenage Daughters
“We should get a tattoo, Mom.” I laughed. I knew it was just my younger daughter, Sarah’s way of getting…
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By Lisa Leshaw Dear Daughter, As You Head Off To College
I used to tuck love notes into her Miss Kitty lunchbox. I already wrote the “mushy one” that took me…
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By Debbie Ferris I’m Not a Young Mom Anymore
Fifty! The big 5-0! I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I just turned 50 and…
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By Heather Duckworth The Kids May Be Grown, But Mom Is Still Their Home
The other day I was making dinner when my son walked in, surprising us with a long weekend home from…
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By Cindy Farr Love Your Siblings, and Other Advice For My Grown Children
My sons are adults. They are wonderful, smart, successful adults and I adore them. They have their own lives and…
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By Britt LeBoeuf How “This Is Us” Broke the Hearts of Middle Children Everywhere
Although This Is Us is on hiatus until fall, there was one episode from season two that has really stayed with…
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