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The Bittersweet Gift of One Last Summer at Home

Teen
June 24, 2026
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By Tera Christianson

The Bittersweet Gift of One Last Summer at Home

There is a strange kind of grief that comes with watching your children become exactly who you prayed they would…

Grown Children, Motherhood
May 21, 2026
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By Chelsi Cacciatore

Letting You Go Is Still So Hard

Nothing really prepares you for the day your child leaves the house. Last September, my husband and I moved our…

Behind Every Smiling Graduate Is a Mother Letting Go

Grown Children, Motherhood
May 20, 2026
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By Shalene Roberts

Behind Every Smiling Graduate Is a Mother Letting Go

Every year, millions of American families send their children off to their freshman year of college. Their pictures dot our…

Motherhood
May 9, 2026
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By JD Arbuckle

Here In the Liminal Space of Parenting

It’s Friday night at 8:00. The intermittent snoring of an 80-pound lap dog is the only thing slicing through the…

God Carries Me Through the Deep Waters of Change

Faith, Living, Motherhood
April 7, 2026
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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…

Motherhood, Teen
February 3, 2026
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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…

What My Daughter Taught Me About Letting Go

Kids, Motherhood
November 30, 2025
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By Ashley Woods

What My Daughter Taught Me About Letting Go

I watched my daughter shed the last remnants of her childhood as she folded well-loved toys into a cardboard box…

Living
October 26, 2025
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By Molly M. Jones

A Different Kind of Senior Sunday

Every Sunday during my daughter's senior year of high school, I posted "Senior Sunday" photos on social media; adorable photos…

I’m Learning To Let Go of What Was To Embrace What Is

Faith, Grown Children, Motherhood
October 2, 2025
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By Jen Brooks

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?…

Power Bars and The Friday Surprise: Coping with An Empty Nest

Motherhood, Teen
May 20, 2025
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By Rita Lussier

Power Bars and The Friday Surprise: Coping with An Empty Nest

Power Bars. That’s what did me in. A few protein-packed energy bars on a shelf actually triggered that ugly scene…

Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
April 29, 2025
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By Shalene Roberts

Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go

Light shone down from a cyan sky as we parked the car in the college admissions lot. It was a…

The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now

Motherhood
April 24, 2025
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By Kelly Odom

The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now

It’s 12:38 p.m. I’m fixing lunch. It’s the end of spring break, the last spring break. It’s my son’s senior…

letting go

The Bittersweet Gift of One Last Summer at Home

Letting You Go Is Still So Hard

Behind Every Smiling Graduate Is a Mother Letting Go

Here In the Liminal Space of Parenting

God Carries Me Through the Deep Waters of Change

Time Is All We Have with our Kids

What My Daughter Taught Me About Letting Go

A Different Kind of Senior Sunday

I’m Learning To Let Go of What Was To Embrace What Is

Power Bars and The Friday Surprise: Coping with An Empty Nest

Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go

The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now

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So God Made a Mother