Sometimes You Have to Fight For Your Marriage
Our marriage has, overall, been easy. I don’t mean to say it has come easily—we have prayed over it, we have worked for it, we have invested into…
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Nothing Can Prepare You For Parenthood, But You Learn
Two of our best friends had a baby this week. As I humbly held their child, so new to this side of the world, I remembered holding my own daughter.…
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Becoming a Mom Turned My Life Upside Down
In the past three months, my life has forever changed. It has been a dream come true . . . and it has also been one of the most difficult…
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To the Woman Staring at Another Pregnancy Test
To any woman picking this box up to stare at it in longing, in mourning, in hesitation. To wonder. To wish. To throw it in her shopping cart again…
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This Wasn’t What You Planned
This is probably one of my favorite photos ever. Of course, it’s my sister. But it’s so much more than that. At that very moment,…
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Having Kids is Completely Overwhelming
My friend overseas messaged me today and said she can’t decide if she wants to have a baby. Her text read: I’ve worked so hard to be happy in my…
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There’s Just Something About Mamas and Their Boys
Dear Jackson, Today didn’t go at all how I expected. Usually, when moms have me come to the hospital, to capture their firstborn meeting their…
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Dear Mama, To Me You Are Perfect
You may not love it, Mama, but I do. I see the way you look at yourself in the mirror, Mama. I hear you complain to Daddy that you have “huge…
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Nothing Interrupts a Marriage Like a Baby
“I’m so glad I married you.” This is what I made a point to tell my husband, my best friend, every day after we got married in the fall some…
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I’m a Mom Who Was Only Meant For One
If you think back to the first time you started daydreaming of growing up and having a family, then it’s most likely you could have said exactly…
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