Kids Don’t Need a Problem-Free Childhood, They Need Love
I had it upside down. I wanted the best childhood for my kids and felt like a failure when I couldn’t deliver. Not enough money to do what the…
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I’ll Hold My Mother’s Hands as Long as I Can
These are the hands that held me as I took my first breaths. The hands that fed me and changed my diapers and rocked me to sleep at night. The hands…
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Good Moms Are Just Women Who Love Their Babies Fiercely
Me with my first baby: I will never buy my kids tacky character tees. Evvvvvvver. Mark my words. Me after three kids: Whatever. I wear the same…
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Love in This Time of Chaos
Today, my husband and I woke up in the dark, much before sunrise. It was early morning, the sound from the baby monitor loud and clear for waking…
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When God Gave Me You
When God gave me you . . . He knew my heart would swell to overflowing. He knew I’d love you from the sight of those first pink lines, the…
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To My Teenager: We’ll Do This Together
To my teenager, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I said this morning. I’m sorry for the way I said it. I know I can be a little hard to live with…
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Your Husband Can’t Be Your Savior
Ladies, he isn’t Jesus. Your boyfriend, your fiancé, your husband . . . he isn’t Jesus. Not even close. Yet, it’s so easy to put the…
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Even Fairytales Take Work
Fairytales take work. The storybooks don’t tell us that part, do they? They lead us to believe fairytales just happen—that eyes lock across a…
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Show Me, Daddy
“Show me, Daddy!” My big brown-eyed curly haired almost-3-year-old girl said to my husband while handing him her brand new foam baseball…
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Dear Husband, Thank You For Seeing the Good in Me When I Can’t
It had been another long day and I was spent. One child cried for a full 12 hours, and despite my attempts, nothing I did pleased him. Tantrums and…
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