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It’s Hard When You Can’t Hug: A Post-Disability Mother-Daughter Relationship

Living, Motherhood
March 5, 2023
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7 Minute Read

By Cassandra Brandt

It’s Hard When You Can’t Hug: A Post-Disability Mother-Daughter Relationship

The kind of mother I was at 32 was a strong, single, independent, provider type. I was a tradeswoman. I…

Living, Marriage
February 7, 2023
3.6K Views
4 Minute Read

By Her View From Home

My Husband Healed My Hurting Heart

Oftentimes, people wonder how different their lives would be if they hadn’t met a certain someone. If they hadn’t gotten…

Grief, Living, Motherhood
January 31, 2023
2.2K Views
5 Minute Read

By Michelle Goering

Loving Mom (Thanks, Amazon)

I was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…

I Was Never Good Enough for My Mother, So I’m Done Trying

Living, Motherhood
January 25, 2023
28.1K Views
4 Minute Read

By Her View From Home

I Was Never Good Enough for My Mother, So I’m Done Trying

I’m on a path in life that is so different from what I ever imagined growing up. It’s a path…

I Went No-Contact With My Toxic Mom: Here’s What It’s Like

Living
January 22, 2023
23.1K Views
8 Minute Read

By Sarah Hamelman

I Went No-Contact With My Toxic Mom: Here’s What It’s Like

Two and a half years ago, with tears in my eyes, an ache in my heart, and an eight-month pregnant…

Dear Future Daughter-in-Law, I Hope We’ll Be Close

Grown Children, Motherhood
January 4, 2023
57.3K Views
4 Minute Read

By Kimberly Yavorski

Dear Future Daughter-in-Law, I Hope We’ll Be Close

Dear future daughter-in-law, My son loves you enough to want to spend the rest of his life with you. That’s…

I Wish I Had the Chance to Be Friends with My Mom

Grief, Motherhood
November 9, 2022
5K Views
3 Minute Read

By Elena Munoz

I Wish I Had the Chance to Be Friends with My Mom

Dear Mom, I never got the chance to appreciate you as a mother. There was so much life still to…

A Mother/Daughter Bond Should Be Unbreakable, but Sometimes It Isn’t

Grown Children, Living
August 10, 2022
5K Views
3 Minute Read

By Meggan Larson

A Mother/Daughter Bond Should Be Unbreakable, but Sometimes It Isn’t

It’s OK to grieve your absent parents while they’re still alive. I see so many articles or well-meaning posts from…

I Won’t Always Be My Daughter’s Best Friend, But She’ll Be Mine

Motherhood
June 14, 2022
6.1K Views
2 Minute Read

By Cassie Gottula Shaw

I Won’t Always Be My Daughter’s Best Friend, But She’ll Be Mine

For these precious and fleeting few years of her life, I am my daughter’s best friend. The one who makes…

Kids, Motherhood
April 22, 2022
7.0K Views
2 Minute Read

By Randi Latzman

I Hope She Knows

I hope she knows how hard I try to be a good mom. I hope she knows that my anger…

I Didn’t Know How Much I’d Love the Tween Years

Motherhood, Tween
April 11, 2022
3.6K Views
4 Minute Read

By Laura Costea

I Didn’t Know How Much I’d Love the Tween Years

I don’t know what I expected, exactly. But I didn’t expect you to smile at me and say sweetly, “Thanks,…

My Toxic Mother Tears Me Down, But I Will Rise Above

Grown Children, Living, Motherhood
November 12, 2021
6.3K Views
3 Minute Read

By Her View From Home

My Toxic Mother Tears Me Down, But I Will Rise Above

Please find it in your heart to be both my mother and my friend. As I do with my own…