Sometimes I Worry You’re Getting My Second Best, But You Love Me Anyway
Sometimes I feel like I am missing out on you being little. I spend my days chasing after big brother, washing a load of laundry, and trying to make…
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Being a Parent is Exhausting Even If Your Child Isn’t
Whether you stay at home, work at home, work away or maybe even live away from your children, if you are a parent, chances are, honey you’re…
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Sometimes I Really Am Not Good Enough For My Kids
A lot of discussion percolates around mom guilt, and why moms just need to let it go. In most cases, this is completely true. In fact, I am the mom…
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If My Kid is Too Sick for School or Daycare, Why Do I Feel So Guilty For Missing Work?
Is my kid too sick to go to daycare/school? Do I need to call in to work? Should I scramble and have a back-up sitter on call “just in case?” Am…
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Deep Down, I Know I’m a Good Mom
“I’m not having kids until I know I’m no longer selfish.” That’s a real thing I said, a lot, before having children.…
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A Car Accident Left My Teenager Paralyzed—and Incredibly Fierce
I drove back from my son’s college concert near midnight. Exhausted, I glanced at my 14-year-old daughter, Beth, asleep in the passenger seat. We…
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I Only Looked Away For a Moment…and My Son Disappeared
I take all the precautions with my children. I’ve even been labeled a helicopter mom, even though I call it cautious. My anxiety becomes…
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My Son Has a Seizure Disorder—and I Didn’t Know
Hey, momma. Do you know the feeling? You know . . . that I should have been able to protect them. I should have done something different. Why…
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When Mom Guilt Gets You Down, Lean On Me
We sat at the island in the kitchen sipping coffee. It had been over a year since we had seen each other. She and her husband had been blessed with…
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The Moment I Knew I was Doing Motherhood Right
The high-pitched distress cry of my two-year-old wafted in the open window, rose above the gurgling, clanking cacophony of doing the dishes, and…
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