The Car My Kids Grew Up In Was So Much More than a Car
We recently sold my car, a (very) used Toyota Sequoia. We could never really figure out its color. Sometimes it…
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By Kora Michaud As a Funeral Director and a Mom, I Want My Kids To Learn To Grieve
The rhythm of childhood for my children has always moved to a different tempo. While other kids grew up to…
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By Megan Kewaza The Weight She Carries: The Silent Strength of a Working Mom
Before the sun rises, she is already moving. The house is still, the world asleep, yet her hands are already…
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By Wendy C The Mom Friends You Make by Default Are Pretty Great
I never thought I would expand my group of friends in my mid-30s and 40s. As an introvert, I wasn’t…
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By Claudia Caramiello Signs of Myself
All around the house: Size 10 sneakers, oversized hoodies, half-full water bottles, and blunt little hairs all over the sink.…
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By Allison Ludwig Rebuilding from the Rubble: A Single Mom’s Love Story (Sort of)
When people ask how I’m doing, I’ve started saying, “We’re thriving… in a chaotic, heavily-caffeinated, emotionally-unraveling kind of way.” It’s…
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No One on Earth Loves You More than Your Mother
When you cry, I cry with you When you stumble, I stumble with you. Every hurt you carry, every fear,…
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By Maria Lockard To All the Non-Festive Moms: I See You
To all the non-festive moms out there: I see you. It’s hard to find you among a sea of holiday…
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By Hannah Dearth Making Holiday Magic Doesn’t Have to Mean Losing Your Own
In my first years of parenting, I felt a mix of excitement and overwhelm surrounding the holidays. Are these the…
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By Amy Cirksena Resenting Motherhood
I am meeting with my new therapist. She is my age, give or take a year or two, which automatically…
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By Mary McConville Midlife Is Remaking Me as a Woman and a Mother
It started like any ordinary weeknight dinner. Except this night, my teenage son sat at the table, head in his…
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By Kimberly Keys 4 Things Not to Say to a Family after a Failed Adoption
We were fortunate when we adopted our first child. Just months after we completed our home study, our sweet baby…
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