This Summer, I’ll be a Hands Free Mom
“No phone, Mama.” My 2-and-a-half-year-old is new to speaking sentences, but this was one of his first, and it woke…
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My Mother’s Hands Still Hold My Heart
“My hands are getting so old,” my mother said. “They’re ugly.” We were sitting together having a glass of wine,…
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I Stopped Trying To Make You Different
My dear Avery, One year ago you were diagnosed. One year ago, I heard the doctor quietly say, “I think,…
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By Tynea Lewis You Really Don’t Have to Enjoy Every Season of Motherhood
“Enjoy this while it lasts. It goes by in the blink of an eye.” “Oh, I miss when my kids…
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By Alicia Betz What You’re Doing Is Hard
I love my kids, and I love watching them play. I do not, however, love taking them to the playground.…
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By Kirstyn Wegner Dear Grandma, Thank You for the Gift of My Mom
Dear Grandma, I know I’m lucky to still have you in my life—you were a young mom and so was…
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By Jessica Swanda Work from Home Life is Harder than I Thought
Before becoming a mom, I didn’t like the idea of leaving my children all day to go to work. But…
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By Hannah Rutarindwa I Love Being a Mom but I’m Still Tired
My baby is probably the cutest baby who has ever lived. He has my eyes, eyebrows, and nose. He has…
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Even When I Fail, I Hope You Feel My Love
I am sorry for the days I am not enough—the days I am short on attention or tempered for reasons…
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By Stephanie Bearden Mead If Only My Mother Were Still Here
My strongest memory of my momma is more of a feeling than a memory. I can see myself standing in…
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Thanks For Leading by Example, Mom
Dear Mom, Thinking back on my life as a child, young adult, and now a middle-aged mother myself, I am…
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Dear Introverted Mom, Take that Break
I am alone, in a hotel room, 20 minutes from home, lying back in the crisp bed, feet propped up…
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