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To the New Mom Trying to Hold it All Together

Motherhood
June 5, 2024
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By Casey Sorensen

To the New Mom Trying to Hold it All Together

New momma, I see you. I look at your picture, and when everyone else sees a smile shining back, I look in…

Baby, Faith, Motherhood
June 1, 2024
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By Kailee Helton

This Love Completes My Heart

In our society, you see messages all over social media encouraging moms of all ages to not lose themselves after…

I Still Dream of What It Would Be Like to Be Your Mom

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
May 30, 2024
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By Marissa Khosh

I Still Dream of What It Would Be Like to Be Your Mom

Today I counted the years since we lost you. It's been seven years, and I still think of you regularly.…

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 30, 2024
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By Emily Burmeister

I’m Not Ready for the Nerf Days to End

The normal afternoon rush was in full force. Kids were home, snacks were eaten, shoes were strewn in the entryway,…

I Just Can’t Let Go of the Play Kitchen Yet

Child, Kids, Motherhood
May 29, 2024
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By Joy A. Mead

I Just Can’t Let Go of the Play Kitchen Yet

If there is one toy I would love to pass along, it is my children’s play kitchen. At 10 and…

Motherhood
May 28, 2024
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By Holly Dignen

10 Real Truths about Motherhood

Pick and choose your battles. Not everything is worth the fight. Sometimes, you’ve got to be like Elsa and let…

Grown Children, Motherhood
May 28, 2024
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By Cherith Fluker

6 Tips for Navigating the Empty Nest

After 20 years of having a family of four under one roof, it was quite the adjustment when the kids…

Motherhood
May 24, 2024
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By Heather Spiva

They Won’t Need You This Way Forever

This last week at church, I sat behind a little boy. As we stood to sing worship songs, he continued…

Motherhood
May 21, 2024
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By Leslee Madsen

I’ll Miss This When My Kids Grow Up

Recently, I had a friend ask if she could interview me and several other mothers for a class she was…

I Prayed for These Moments I’m Living with You

Motherhood
May 18, 2024
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By Stevi Redd

I Prayed for These Moments I’m Living with You

There’s a half-eaten, yellow Dum-Dum sucker stuck in the console of my dashboard, right in front of my gear shift.…

Motherhood
May 18, 2024
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By Manndi Maphies

When You Wonder, “Why Do I Even Try?”

I have thought these words to myself countless times in the past year. With a fresh teenager in seventh grade…

There’s No One Who Gets It Like a Mom Friend

Friendship, Motherhood
May 16, 2024
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By Brittany Bell

There’s No One Who Gets It Like a Mom Friend

I made my first mom friend at six weeks postpartum. I was pushing our son in his brand-new stroller not…

mom life

To the New Mom Trying to Hold it All Together

This Love Completes My Heart

I Still Dream of What It Would Be Like to Be Your Mom

I’m Not Ready for the Nerf Days to End

I Just Can’t Let Go of the Play Kitchen Yet

10 Real Truths about Motherhood

6 Tips for Navigating the Empty Nest

They Won’t Need You This Way Forever

I’ll Miss This When My Kids Grow Up

I Prayed for These Moments I’m Living with You

When You Wonder, “Why Do I Even Try?”

There’s No One Who Gets It Like a Mom Friend

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