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Baby, Child, Grief
January 23, 2019
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To the Woman Who Called Me Sick For Talking About My Children Who Died

I’m used to being called names. I’m used to negative comments calling me fat, ugly and every name in between. That’s life as a television news…

Kids, Motherhood
January 23, 2019
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Dear Kids, I Love You—But Leave Me Alone

To my dearest children, As I am sure you must be aware, my love for you both is greater than the whole entire sky. You are my heart and soul. My…

Grown Children
January 23, 2019
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Thank You, Mom and Dad, For Everything

Thank you, Mom, for making the sacrifice to bring me into this world. Pregnancy and labor are long and unbearable at times, but you did it all for…

Child, Motherhood
January 22, 2019
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Your Kids Aren’t Out to Get You—They Just Want Your Attention

I would get so irritated when my kids would get clingy and whiny right as I started trying to do anything productive. It almost seemed as though any…

Motherhood
January 21, 2019
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I Am Beautiful and I Am Enough

It is difficult, to say the least, to look at myself in the mirror and think positively about what is looking back at me. I’ve struggled with body…

Baby, Kids
January 20, 2019
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To My Friends Who Shared Their Hand-Me-Downs, Thank You For This Precious Gift

When I told my best friend our first baby was going to be a boy, some of the first words out of her mouth were, “Oh my gosh, we HAVE to go through…

Baby, Motherhood
January 20, 2019
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A Mother’s Gaze

In the still and quiet of the night, long after her children have slept in their beds, the mother gazes at them with a mother’s gaze. A mother’s…

Baby, Motherhood
January 18, 2019
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A Mama Isn’t Born, She’s Made

A mama isn’t born—a mama is made. I wasn’t born to be your mama. No, my love. I was MADE to be your mama. I longed for you, and I knew in my…

Baby, Motherhood
January 18, 2019
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Dear New Mom, You’re Doing it Right

Those first days are so full of happiness. But they are full of worry as well. So much you realize you don’t know, so much to learn. Most of the…

Kids, Living, Motherhood
January 17, 2019
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Where is the Mama Village?

Where is the mama village? You know the one . . . the friends, the neighbors, the teachers, the extended family that our mothers and grandmothers had…