Honey, You Must Love Yourself
Honey, you must love yourself. This is for you—the one who is picking herself apart. The jiggle in your belly,…
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Honey, you must love yourself. This is for you—the one who is picking herself apart. The jiggle in your belly,…
Continue ReadingHere’s to the grandmas who magically transform into dish and laundry fairies. Here’s to the grandmas who fill their refrigerators…
Continue ReadingWorthy . . . we use this word often. We say this to ourselves and to people around us all…
Continue ReadingAs a former special education teacher and now early intervention therapist, I would be amiss if I didn’t share with…
Continue ReadingSometimes I wonder if I am doing a good enough job for them. I don’t always feed them the right…
Continue ReadingLauren Daigle’s song “You Say” played through a scratchy phone speaker as I watched tears stream down my grandpa’s 93-year-old…
Continue ReadingA woman—a mother—in our community passed away unexpectedly, her youngest was the same age as one of our kids. From…
Continue ReadingRecently, a coworker revealed she'd met someone new. Her tone was hopeful and giddy; I leaned in, detail-hungry, completing my…
Continue ReadingIn the early hours of the morning, I hear a door close. From many mornings before, I know what will…
Continue ReadingI cried on the pantry floor today. Motherhood is absolutely exhausting. Like, down to the bones exhausting. And sometimes, well,…
Continue ReadingWhen we moved to the house we’re in now, one of the biggest features that originally sold me was the…
Continue ReadingThe first things you hear after the pregnancy test turns positive are "Congratulations!" and “Just you wait.” That second phrase…
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