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The Hardest Teens Sometimes Make the Best Adults

Motherhood, Teen
May 31, 2023
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By Krystal Sieben

The Hardest Teens Sometimes Make the Best Adults

Hi, friends. Former middle school and high school teacher here, checking in. Can I let you in on a little…

Grown Children, Living, Motherhood
May 26, 2023
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By Sydnei Kaplan

When the Last Baby Graduates

We’ve been through this before, so we know the waves of emotions that roll through us. When our kids graduate—be…

Grown Children, Motherhood
April 21, 2023
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By Charissa Bates

I Still Need You, Mom

My eyes would tear up two minutes after my mom left from helping me recover from chemo. She came up…

4 Tips to Adjust Once Your Kids Are Grown and Gone

Grown Children, Motherhood
April 16, 2023
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By Susan Zurcher

4 Tips to Adjust Once Your Kids Are Grown and Gone

My tour guide days are over–for now. Our kids have all gone home after visiting our new home in a…

As An Adult, Navigating Your Parents’ Divorce Is Complicated

Grown Children, Marriage
February 16, 2023
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By Aubrey Vick

As An Adult, Navigating Your Parents’ Divorce Is Complicated

“Gray divorce” is a term that refers to divorce in couples over 50 years old. There are plenty of reasons…

Grown Children, Motherhood
February 15, 2023
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By Michelle Goering

A Mother Spends Her Life Letting Go

Checking in—it’s what mothers do, or what I do anyway. I stand nose to chin with Miles and Gabriel, my…

I’ll Send You off with a Million Prayers

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
January 20, 2023
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By Lisa Bonnema

I’ll Send You off with a Million Prayers

I think one of the hardest things about launching your big kids is wondering what baggage they will take with…

Grown Children, Living
November 27, 2022
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By Connie Cumming

My Toxic Father Does Not Define Me

I don’t have a father, and it’s completely fine. It really, really is. It’s taken me 40 years to say…

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
November 19, 2022
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By Michele L. Peters

It’s Her Time To Fly

Memory ghosts dance in the periphery of my mind. Even though three weeks have passed since I dropped her off—my…

Being a Mom of Grown Children Is Beautiful Too

Grown Children, Motherhood
November 11, 2022
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By Kristen Houghton

Being a Mom of Grown Children Is Beautiful Too

I have always been one of those people who want to do something: take a class in documentary filmmaking, make…

Grown Children, Motherhood
November 2, 2022
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By Cheryl Trenary

God Gave Me Babies Who Grew Up

Tapping the “off” button on my iPhone, I ended the FaceTime with my daughter. Smiling to myself, I reflected on…

I Do for My Kids What My Parents Didn’t Do for Me

Grown Children, Motherhood
October 20, 2022
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By Jenni Brennan

I Do for My Kids What My Parents Didn’t Do for Me

Sometimes I get mad when I rearrange my work schedule so I can make it to my son’s high school…

grown children

The Hardest Teens Sometimes Make the Best Adults

When the Last Baby Graduates

I Still Need You, Mom

4 Tips to Adjust Once Your Kids Are Grown and Gone

As An Adult, Navigating Your Parents’ Divorce Is Complicated

A Mother Spends Her Life Letting Go

I’ll Send You off with a Million Prayers

My Toxic Father Does Not Define Me

It’s Her Time To Fly

Being a Mom of Grown Children Is Beautiful Too

God Gave Me Babies Who Grew Up

I Do for My Kids What My Parents Didn’t Do for Me

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother