Dear Kindergarten Graduate, My Hand Will Always Be Yours to Hold
Tomorrow you’ll graduate kindergarten. You chose the perfect shirt for the occasion. It’s a blue and white button-up. “Get one…
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By Kristi Killpack Moms Know We’ll Miss This (but Maybe Not the Hard Parts)
It has been a day. You are hurrying through the grocery store, trying to calm your screaming baby and hoping…
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By Courtney Devich Motherhood Became My Dream
“Just you wait and see.” My mom always said that to me growing up (and boy, did I roll my…
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My Tween Is Gaining Independence but He Still Needs Me
When my tween son asked to go to sleep away camp, I supported his decision and his quest for independence,…
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Someday the House Will Be Quiet
Another quiet Saturday morning. The week flew by in a haze of kids’ sports practices, basketball games, last-minute grocery store…
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You Were Made to Be My Oldest
You are my firstborn. My big. The one who made me a mama. The one who started this whole crazy,…
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By Krystal Sieben I’m a Mom Now But I Still Need My Friends
Hi friend, I have kids now . . . and you don’t. But what you might not know is that…
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Time Goes by So Fast with You Because I’m Always Rushing
There’s no way, I thought to myself. I had spent the afternoon washing, drying, and folding the teensy clothing gifted…
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Right Now Being “Just” a Mom Is More Than Enough
I stared at the picture in astonishment: the image of a 23-year-old me. Back when I was fit, tan, and…
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It’s My Turn to Be the Hander of Hand-Me-Downs
I slosh through the snow-covered sidewalk toward my neighbor's house with two brown Target bags in my hands. In each…
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By Ellie Hunja You Don’t Have to Be Every Woman to Be a Great Mother
Have you ever had a day when you felt like a true Supermom? It doesn’t happen often, but once in…
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By Michelle Hurst They Leave Us in Little Pieces Long before 18
Recently, someone asked me as the mom of a senior about to graduate, “How are you preparing to let go?”…
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