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Grief, Motherhood
July 10, 2019
4 Minute Read

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 and so long all at once. Life without…

Child, Kids
May 26, 2019
2 Minute Read

But Wasn’t He Just a Baby?

To the mama of a preschool graduate. To the mama who started the school year with tears streaming down her face. To the mama who considered…

Kids
May 18, 2019
3 Minute Read

Kindergarten Teachers Turn Babies into Big Kids

Dear kindergarten teacher, Nine months ago, I walked my firstborn into your kindergarten classroom, uncertain of what the year ahead would…

Child
April 23, 2019
3 Minute Read

Dear Son, Will You Please Stay 5 Forever?

Last night, we cuddled under your dream tent and read Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site. As I read you squeezed my arm and said, “I love…

Child, Kids, Motherhood, School
August 21, 2018
7 Minute Read

You’re Ready For School, My Child—But I Will Miss You Terribly

This morning I am packing lunches. Spreading almond butter and honey. Cutting up carrots. It’s the last week of our honey-sweet summer. Six days…

Child, Kids, Motherhood, School
August 13, 2018
4 Minute Read

Dear First-Time Kindergarten Mom, Your Baby Is Ready

Dear first-time Kindergarten mom, I know the ache you’re feeling in your gut, and that lump in your throat you can’t seem to swallow. I remember…

Motherhood, School
August 9, 2018
3 Minute Read

Embracing the Summer Shift

I feel a shift, slight, like tectonic plates slowly rearranging the world. Every August an unseasonably cold morning shakes me out of my summer haze.…

Grief, Kids, Motherhood
August 8, 2018
2 Minute Read

To the Kindergartener Missing From My Classroom This Year

Summer is winding down and I’m gearing up for a new school year. Yesterday, I sat down to finish my mailing for my new kindergarten students. I…

Kids, School
August 7, 2018
4 Minute Read

We Only Get a Dozen School Years With Our Kids

On any given August day, at any given shopping mall or Target, aisles are teeming with mothers and fathers hauling around packs of kids, school…

Motherhood, School
August 6, 2018
2 Minute Read

It’s OK to Feel Sad About My Baby Starting Kindergarten

He made me a momma. At just a moment old, I gazed into his sweet eyes and he changed my whole world. I nursed him day and night, and I poured…

Kindergarten

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

But Wasn’t He Just a Baby?

Kindergarten Teachers Turn Babies into Big Kids

Dear Son, Will You Please Stay 5 Forever?

You’re Ready For School, My Child—But I Will Miss You Terribly

Dear First-Time Kindergarten Mom, Your Baby Is Ready

Embracing the Summer Shift

To the Kindergartener Missing From My Classroom This Year

We Only Get a Dozen School Years With Our Kids

It’s OK to Feel Sad About My Baby Starting Kindergarten

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