By Jenny Albers Eighteen Years Doesn’t Feel Like Enough
I remember the exact moment it hit me. My newborn daughter, swaddled in a receiving blanket, was cradled in my…
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By Marissa Khosh Sometimes We Forget the Joy of being a Mom
Sometimes we forget. We forget the joy of being a mom. We forget that we once looked ahead expectantly to…
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By Laura Niebauer Palmer I Pray He Always Knows He Can Do Hard Things
My son had just turned four when he received his first medal, a smiling frog on a yellow ribbon, for…
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By Snehal Amembal Dear Mama Bear, I See Your Tender Heart
Dear fellow playgroup mom, I don't know if it is my place to say this. I don't know if you…
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By Erica Withrow You Were My Dream
In the early hours of the morning, I hear a door close. From many mornings before, I know what will…
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By Peyton Garland You’re Not Meant to Master Motherhood
I threw up all nine months of my pregnancy, including in between every single push that brought my wrinkly, precious…
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By Krystal Sieben I Am the Question Answerer
It’s exhausting to be the answerer of all the questions. “Mom?” How many times do you think we all hear…
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To the New Mom Trying to Hold it All Together
New momma, I see you. I look at your picture, and when everyone else sees a smile shining back, I look in…
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There are So Many Beautiful Moments Ahead
The first things you hear after the pregnancy test turns positive are "Congratulations!" and “Just you wait.” That second phrase…
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This Love Completes My Heart
In our society, you see messages all over social media encouraging moms of all ages to not lose themselves after…
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I Still Dream of What It Would Be Like to Be Your Mom
Today I counted the years since we lost you. It's been seven years, and I still think of you regularly.…
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I Prayed for These Moments I’m Living with You
There’s a half-eaten, yellow Dum-Dum sucker stuck in the console of my dashboard, right in front of my gear shift.…
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