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Dear Daughter, Happy Sweet 16! My sweet girl, you’ve just reached a milestone in the midst of a pandemic and…
Continue ReadingThe grocery store line edges forward and my daughter and I step in synch to the last of the blue…
Continue ReadingIt was such a small moment. I felt silly for getting emotional. But lately, moments like these are beginning to…
Continue ReadingThere's a reason parents of big kids shut down when their kids hit the teenage years. There's a reason moms…
Continue ReadingSo, I don't have it all together as a parent. My main objective as a mom is to fully devote…
Continue ReadingDo you want to know a secret? The entryway to my house is a mess, and I've made peace with…
Continue ReadingWe drove through a holiday lights display event the other night. I texted my friend to let her know it…
Continue Reading"Mom, can we wake up early tomorrow so you can curl my hair before school?" The night before her first day…
Continue ReadingThirteen years ago, after two failed inductions (who knew you could be on Pitocin TWICE and still leave the hospital…
Continue ReadingYou’ve been waiting for this day for quite a few years now, and although you are almost 12, I cannot…
Continue ReadingTo my teenager, I'm trying to let you go, believe me, I am. But it's hard. Excruciatingly, painfully hard. The…
Continue ReadingIn the past six months, the moms have grown younger. Walking into my local library for the first time in…
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