By Her View From Home Here’s To You, Kindergarten Moms
Everyone talks about the kindergarten graduates, with their tiny caps that won’t stay put, the too-big gowns, the beaming, missing-teeth…
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It’s Not about the Nails, It’s about the Time
Let me start with a confession: I bite my nails. Always have. I’ve never had acrylics or dip powder, and…
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By Melissa Kulp Frankenfield While I Was Raising Her, the Lord Was Raising Me
I should remember the doctor’s name, but I don’t. It was such an ordeal. 18 hours of labor sort of…
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What Comes after the NICU? Sometimes It’s the Struggle No One Sees.
They clap when you bring the baby home—finally, miraculously, out of the NICU. They celebrate the milestones, the trials overcome,…
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By Tessa Dreyer To the Parents Raising an Only Child
"How many kids do you have?" another mother asks me at the playground. A question most moms ask when meeting…
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What My Therapist Brain Knew About Motherhood—and What It Totally Didn’t
As a licensed mental health counselor, I thought I was ready for motherhood. I knew about postpartum anxiety. I knew…
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By Cat Borg Our Kids Trust Us with Their Real Selves
My girls danced all night. They were smiling, they were having a ball! "Aren't your girls lovely!?" people said to…
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By Charvi Agarwal Dear Daughter, From Your Working Mom
My dear baby girl, As I sit writing this at 11 p.m. on Thursday, you are fast asleep in your…
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By Kelly Odom The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now
It’s 12:38 p.m. I’m fixing lunch. It’s the end of spring break, the last spring break. It’s my son’s senior…
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By Jordan Doland Dear Mama, There Is Beauty In All Those Mundane Moments
Motherhood is all about the mundane moments. Really, life in general is full of mundane moments. The mundane moments of…
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By Victoria Hulmes I Was Never Really Me before You
When you were younger, Mommy, what were you like? What did you do? Darling, I had a whole life, way…
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By Erin Eddy There’s Beauty In the Teen Years Too
From the random dirty dishes presently cluttering our basement to the constant eye-rolling I'm privy to, it's evident that there…
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