Our Kids Deserve To Know Their Best is Enough
Not long ago my fifth-grader came home from school with the mid-quarter update of his grades. It’s a surreal parenting moment when your child…
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The NEOWISE Comet is Visible Without a Telescope For the Next 3 Nights—Don’t Miss It!
Who’s looking for some free, out-of-this-world family fun during a pandemic? You, probably, if you’re like most moms. This one has an…
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I Don’t Know What I Did To Deserve You
I don’t know what I did to deserve you. I’ll never know what I did to be chosen as your mother. I could spend forever wracking my brain, trying…
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I’m Done Apologizing For My Sensitive Kids
On his first day of kindergarten, my oldest son teared up, overwhelmed by the crowd of kids and parents in the school assembly hall. His little face,…
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I Hope My Kids Live Numberless
Last fall, my 87-year-old grandmother moved into the nursing home. And as my last living grandparent, it has hit me a little bit harder of the…
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We Raise Children, Not Lawns
Each spring, for years, my husband would throw grass seed in our backyard. As soon as the soft green spikes would begin to rise from the ground to…
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Quarantine Gave Me Baby Fever
A few weeks into the stay-at-home order, I came across a tweet that said, “If there’s a baby boom in nine months, it’ll consist…
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Sometimes I Wish I’d Been a Working Mom
Next autumn, all three of my babies will be in school—all day, every day. Mindless people ask, “What will you do with all of your time?” I…
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Oh How I’ve Loved These Little Years With You
My love for you began when you were just a thought in my mind. It grew with every movement you made in my belly, with every smile that lit up your…
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Dancing in My Daughter’s Shoes
It’s a funny moment that happens for women. Almost like a whole new birth. This time around, a more mature person is being brought forth though,…
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