By Maria Warner God Carries Me Through the Deep Waters of Change
"Ahhh!" My underwater scream garbled in my snorkel tube as the manta ray’s cavernous mouth swept a hand’s distance from…
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By Abby McDonald Time Is All We Have with our Kids
A few weeks ago, I made a mistake no mother of a teenage driver wants to make: I watched from…
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I’m Learning To Let Go of What Was To Embrace What Is
I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night a lot lately. Heart pounding. Mind racing. Ever been there?…
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By Melissa Jernigan As I Let My Babies Go, My Heart Remembers It All
I sat on the back pew of the church Sunday. From there, I could see everything except the preacher. Around…
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I’m Here. I See You. Let Go.
The sounds of laughter thundered down upon my shoulders, bouncing off the walls of the enclosed playground inside a local…
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Right Now I’m a Mom Who’s Not Ready to Let Go
We’re doing it. We’re applying, touring, and submitting pre-school applications. It feels a lot like my college application days, and…
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By Nickey J Dunn I Lost My Job but My Family Did Too
A very early, nondescript meeting popped up for me first thing in the morning, and I felt my stomach immediately…
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By Nancy Brier Cancer Taught Me to Open My Hand
When I thought I was going to die, grief blinded me. Not really for myself. I’ve had a pretty good…
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By Sarah Hamelman The You Who Endured Trauma Needs the You of Today To Let Her Go
You cannot save the past version of yourself who was killed by trauma. Whether your trauma stemmed from an impossible…
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By Angela Williams Glenn I Knew You’d Grow Up, But I Underestimated How Hard It Would Be to Let Go
I thought five hit me hard. You were going off to kindergarten that year. Each day you became a little…
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Am I Holding On Because It’s Too Hard to Let Go?
A few years ago, I let go of our Mr. Potato Head collection. I asked my boys to play one…
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By Jennifer Hale But How Will I Let Her Go?
It was nothing as I pictured. Really. Nothing about it was how I thought it'd look, feel or be. I…
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