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Grief, Loss
March 20, 2019
2 Minute Read

I Didn’t Know it Was the Last Time

One day it would be the last time I was going to see her and I didn’t even know it. One day it would be the last phone call and I wouldn’t even…

Grief
March 15, 2019
3 Minute Read

I Wasn’t Finished Needing You, Mom

Mom, No one told me it would be the last time I saw you or spoke with you. I wasn’t finished needing you yet. There were so many things I…

Motherhood
February 28, 2019
4 Minute Read

It’s Hard Being a Mom When You Don’t Have Your Own Mother to Lean On

Can a mother really be your best friend? I have friends and family members who claim it is possible. At the very least, they consider their moms to…

Child, Kids
January 26, 2019
7 Minute Read

Dear 3rd Child, I’m Not Neglecting You. I Just Know You Can Handle More.

First-time parents are the cutest, aren’t they? I sure was. With my first baby, I was the typical newbie to the world of motherhood. I worried…

Grown Children
January 23, 2019
3 Minute Read

Thank You, Mom and Dad, For Everything

Thank you, Mom, for making the sacrifice to bring me into this world. Pregnancy and labor are long and unbearable at times, but you did it all for…

Kids, Motherhood
November 28, 2018
2 Minute Read

I Am Their Comforter Because I Am Their Mother

I am their comforter. Something happens when my babies turn two. For two years, my babes have eyes for me, but around their second birthdays, their…

Grief
November 9, 2018
3 Minute Read

If I Could Talk to the Girl Who Just Lost Her Mom

If I could sit down beside the 25-year-old me . . . The one sobbing and screaming uncontrollably on the floor the day my ‪mom‬ ‪died‬,…

Grown Children, Motherhood
November 8, 2018
6 Minute Read

Dear Mom, I Still Need You

Dear Mom, After we welcomed my first baby—my daughter, your first grandchild—into the world, I was so overwhelmed with sudden and blindly…

Motherhood
November 5, 2018
4 Minute Read

Dear Mom, Thanks for Still Mothering Me in This Exhausting Stage of Motherhood

Dear Mom, It feels weird to be in my forties and still say I need you. But I do. Your selflessness has been present throughout my life, your…

Grown Children, Journal, Motherhood, Relationships
August 24, 2018
4 Minute Read

Dear Mom, I’m All Grown Up But I Still Need You

Dear Mom, I get it now. I get why you would hide in your bathroom and beg us to leave you alone. You weren’t being selfish or crabby. You were…

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I Didn’t Know it Was the Last Time

I Wasn’t Finished Needing You, Mom

It’s Hard Being a Mom When You Don’t Have Your Own Mother to Lean On

Dear 3rd Child, I’m Not Neglecting You. I Just Know You Can Handle More.

Thank You, Mom and Dad, For Everything

I Am Their Comforter Because I Am Their Mother

If I Could Talk to the Girl Who Just Lost Her Mom

Dear Mom, I Still Need You

Dear Mom, Thanks for Still Mothering Me in This Exhausting Stage of Motherhood

Dear Mom, I’m All Grown Up But I Still Need You

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