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While I Was Raising Her, the Lord Was Raising Me

Grown Children, Motherhood
June 5, 2025
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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…

Power Bars and The Friday Surprise: Coping with An Empty Nest

Motherhood, Teen
May 20, 2025
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By Rita Lussier

Power Bars and The Friday Surprise: Coping with An Empty Nest

Power Bars. That’s what did me in. A few protein-packed energy bars on a shelf actually triggered that ugly scene…

Motherhood, Teen
March 27, 2025
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By Amy Martin

I’ll Always Have More To Tell You

My newly driving 15-year-old grabbed his book bag and yelled, “Bye Mom!” on his way out the door. I managed…

They Say Teens Will Come Back To You, But This Part Feels Hard

Motherhood, Teen
February 27, 2025
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By Lynn Rummel

They Say Teens Will Come Back To You, But This Part Feels Hard

People tell me, "She'll come back to you." I hold onto those words like a lifeline, repeating them in my…

Motherhood, Teen
February 4, 2025
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By Jamie Lynn Inman

To My Teen: I’m Still Here

Dear teenage son, I know there's a lot you don't say. There are weights you carry on your ever broadening…

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
November 9, 2024
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By Kim Brown Reiner

The Muscle of Missing You in College

My parents dropped me off at Dascomb Hall in Oberlin College way before cell phones or initials in neon lights…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
August 23, 2024
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By Dena Wentz

When You Live with a Teen and a Tween

I live with a tween and a teen. The last of their baby canines and molars are falling out faster…

No One Really Prepares You for Parenting a Teenager

Motherhood, Teen
August 12, 2024
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By Jenny Albers

No One Really Prepares You for Parenting a Teenager

Sometime during my first pregnancy, my doctor handed me a folder containing a wealth of information. In it was a…

Motherhood, Teen
March 12, 2024
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By Jodi McDonnell

Sometimes Our Teens Need Blue Box Love

Sometimes loving a teen looks like making new Kraft Mac & Cheese at 4 a.m. My oldest packs her lunch…

Motherhood, Teen
October 25, 2023
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By Della Cassia

I Blinked and the Little Girl Was Gone

They told me not to blink, but I was too overwhelmed learning how to become a mother. They told me…

Motherhood, Teen
October 11, 2023
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By Nicole Mondano

The Moment You Must Let Him Go

I observed my son today from a distance. I marveled at the subtle changes I saw: The squaring of his…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
September 17, 2023
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By Amy Keyes

When the Hugs Disappear, I Won’t

There is a time that lives in my heart that feels like it’s straight out of a Star Wars intro.…

mom of teen

While I Was Raising Her, the Lord Was Raising Me

Power Bars and The Friday Surprise: Coping with An Empty Nest

I’ll Always Have More To Tell You

They Say Teens Will Come Back To You, But This Part Feels Hard

To My Teen: I’m Still Here

The Muscle of Missing You in College

When You Live with a Teen and a Tween

No One Really Prepares You for Parenting a Teenager

Sometimes Our Teens Need Blue Box Love

I Blinked and the Little Girl Was Gone

The Moment You Must Let Him Go

When the Hugs Disappear, I Won’t

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So God Made a Mother