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Dear Kindergartner, I’ll Always Remember You This Way

Kids, Motherhood
August 2, 2022
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By Ashley Prinsen

Dear Kindergartner, I’ll Always Remember You This Way

The first magical flickers of your strong heartbeat on a black and white screen— the reassuring evidence I needed to…

Motherhood
August 1, 2022
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By Ashley Leung

Promise Me You’ll Ask For Help

Promise me you'll ask for help. From your family, your friends, your doctor, your therapist. For the small things, and…

There’s No Instruction Manual for These Middle Years

Kids
August 1, 2022
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By Taylor Hagemeyer

There’s No Instruction Manual for These Middle Years

As a preschool teacher and a mom, I’ve always felt pretty confident in my parenting from ages birth to 5…

Faith, Motherhood
July 30, 2022
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By Autumn Knapp

I Am a Good Enough Mom

I came to motherhood knowing nothing about the job. My mother’s example wasn’t an example at all, more of something…

Mothering a Little Boy Seems Like it Will Go On Forever—Until it Doesn’t

Grown Children, Motherhood
July 30, 2022
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By Susan Lambert

Mothering a Little Boy Seems Like it Will Go On Forever—Until it Doesn’t

I walked with a determined gait through the airport doors after I hugged my adult son goodbye. My tenacious walk…

Kindergarten is the Start of Letting You Go

Kids, Motherhood
July 29, 2022
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By Kaleigh Christensen

Kindergarten is the Start of Letting You Go

We’re physically ready for kindergarten. We’ve got the backpack, the school supplies, the school clothes, and the new shoes. We’ve…

You’ll Never Regret Getting Involved at Your Child’s School

Motherhood
July 29, 2022
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By Jennifer Kennedy

You’ll Never Regret Getting Involved at Your Child’s School

As the final bell rang, students and teachers lined the halls outside their classrooms. They clapped for the graduating fifth-grade…

Donating Breastmilk Helped My Heart Heal

Baby, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
July 29, 2022
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By April Allred

Donating Breastmilk Helped My Heart Heal

Dear grieving mama, You know when you lose a baby everything changes, but your body moves forward like nothing happened.…

Friendship, Living
July 28, 2022
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By Her View From Home

It’s Lonely Feeling Invisible

I’ve never known what’s wrong with me. From such a young age, I’ve never had friends. I was never the…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
July 28, 2022
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By Manndi Maphies

Dear Sons, as You Become Men

Boys, you are currently 12 and almost 10 years of age. This world in which you find yourselves growing up…

Motherhood
July 28, 2022
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By Jenny Vanderberg Shannon

Dear Tired Mother, You’re Doing Enough

Hey, mama, The one cowering over the kitchen sink, pretending to put the dishes in the dishwasher while you shovel…

God’s Plan For Me Wasn’t What I Expected

Faith, Motherhood
July 27, 2022
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By Brittany Marie

God’s Plan For Me Wasn’t What I Expected

I grew up in a family where we knew who God was. We went to church, and we were involved…

Motherhood

Dear Kindergartner, I’ll Always Remember You This Way

Promise Me You’ll Ask For Help

There’s No Instruction Manual for These Middle Years

I Am a Good Enough Mom

Mothering a Little Boy Seems Like it Will Go On Forever—Until it Doesn’t

Kindergarten is the Start of Letting You Go

You’ll Never Regret Getting Involved at Your Child’s School

Donating Breastmilk Helped My Heart Heal

It’s Lonely Feeling Invisible

Dear Sons, as You Become Men

Dear Tired Mother, You’re Doing Enough

God’s Plan For Me Wasn’t What I Expected

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So God Made a Mother