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Faith, Motherhood
November 14, 2018
5 Minute Read

I Don’t Think I Can Do This

It was time for the annual semi-dreaded first day of school picture for my two youngest boys who are now in high school. Since kindergarten, this has…

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…

Motherhood
June 13, 2018
2 Minute Read

Dear Mama, It’s Alright To Leave Him

Leave him. I see you across the pool from me, momma. Here I sit watching my boys jump off diving boards, swim like fish in the deep end, and run up…

Humor, Kids
April 8, 2018
4 Minute Read

A Conversation With a Daughter Who Met the Man of Her Dreams

“Your father is falling apart. It’s not a medical condition, rather a predicament of the heart. You called to announce that you had met…

Journal, Kids
March 2, 2018
6 Minute Read

Dear Daughter, I’ve Given You My All, Now It’s Time For You To Fly

Daughter, I’m at the end of my rope and yet I am more relieved than I have been for a long time. The cloud has lifted and I can see clearly again.…

Kids, Motherhood
January 16, 2018
4 Minute Read

I Hold You, Baby, So You’ll Know It’s Okay to Let Go

I held you before I even knew you existed, little one. I held you within my body. I held you when the only evidence of you being there was a…

Journal, Motherhood
January 8, 2018
4 Minute Read

Loving and Letting Go With One Final Braid

Sixteen years ago my daughter was born completely bald. In this respect she was certainly neither unique nor precocious. I, her young and sanguine…

Kids
December 20, 2017
4 Minute Read

My Child Needs a Coach, Not a Rescuer

Yesterday we found the battery in my daughter’s car dead. We realized it when she hopped in to go to my parents’ house for the weekend, a…

Kids, Motherhood, Relationships
November 7, 2017
4 Minute Read

Parenting: The Waiting Never Ends

From the time I first suspected I was going to be a mother, I had to wait. First I had to wait until enough time had passed that I could count…

Kids, Motherhood
November 7, 2017
4 Minute Read

The Last Bath

My boy quit taking baths three-plus years ago in favor of showers. At the time, I was happy to forego the kneeling on the tile floor, but like so…