What I Needed To Know Before I Became a Mom
“What would you tell your pre-mother self?” The question came at the end of a podcast interview. I rattled something…
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I’m a Teacher, But I’m Also a Mom
They say being a parent is best described as your heart walking around outside your chest. Being a teacher is…
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I Still Feel My Mom Everywhere in My Childhood Home
I spent the past week at my parents’ house helping my dad recover from his hip replacement surgery. While I…
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I’ll Make the Memories With My Daughter I Never Got To Make With My Mother
There are a lot of mother-daughter memories I never had the chance to make with my mom. Memories that have…
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Now I Know Why My Mom Was Always the Last One Out the Door
I used to wonder why my mom was always the last one out of the house. I thought for a…
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To the Mom Who Feels Like a Fraud: Give it Time
Everyone has a mother. Mine was particularly wonderful. But having a mother, even a good one, didn’t exactly train me…
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Thank You To My Go-To Mom Friend
When I first found out I was going to be a mom, I felt a mixture of excitement and fear.…
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Dear Parent Holding Down the Fort, I See You
I see you, the one holding down the fort. Your other half is working a long shift at the hospital,…
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What a Mom Does That You Don’t See is Everything
What it looks like she did . . . absolutely nothing or the bare minimum at best. Sure, she did…
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It’s Not My Job To Be a Perfect Mom
I’m not sure when it happened exactly . . . the day I stopped being afraid I wasn’t good enough…
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