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My Relationship With My Mother Left Me Scared of Having a Daughter

For me, this time of year is always bittersweet. Celebrating the birth of my children, the blessings that were and will always be, is all…

This week marks 10 years since my Mom passed away. She died after a seven-year battle with breast and ovarian cancer, and died two days before my…

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

So when the sun rises one morning and it hits you that I am forever gone, I hope the love I had left you with is more than enough to ease your pain.…

At first, you’ll get lost in her sad eyes. Eyes that will haunt you in your dreams. You’ll feel the need to save her, to protect her from the…

When my mother called me last September, I was surprised by how easily I still recognized the sound of her voice. When I was four years old, my…

Dear Daughter, I always wanted a daughter. After two babies never made it earth-side, I ached and longed and prayed and cried for you. Every dream I…

There it was. Right in that moment that you looked up at me with your big blue eyes, raised your foot and stomped it down, at the same time as the…

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…

Many people admit to having difficultly establishing and maintaining relationships with their in-laws, however having a toxic mother-in-law can be…