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A Boy Needs His Mama

Oh, how a boy needs his mama. And that need goes much deeper than cooking, cleaning, and laundry. Oh yes. The need is far greater. A boy needs the…

“Momma, come sit with me!” Then she sits RIGHT next to me for breakfast and lunch and dinner or while we watch cartoons or read books or when we…

I notice the lump in my throat getting bigger and I feel like an elephant is sitting on my chest. It seems as though the walls are caving in and I…

There will always be room in my heart for another baby. Our family is complete and we have no plans to change that—a bittersweet chapter is closing…

Mama, you have made so many life-changing decisions these last four months. I know you are tired. Truthfully, you are exhausted. Yet, you have so…

Before kids and honestly, even almost up until I had my second child, my Type A personality led to toxic perfectionism in my life. I wasn’t aware…

I don’t know what I did to deserve you. I’ll never know what I did to be chosen as your mother. I could spend forever wracking my brain, trying…

Believe me when I say this, I know I am being a bad friend. Please don’t take it personally, I know I’m missing the important dates and…

I sat in the waiting room at my husband’s doctor’s office. I was a bundle of nerves. I tried keeping myself occupied by scrolling through…

There’s a unique ache that lives in the heart of a woman who knows she is meant to be a mom, but who has not yet had the thrill of a positive…