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I Want Time to Slow Down. I Want Time to Speed Up. And That is Motherhood.

Motherhood
June 11, 2022
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By Anna-Louise Osborne

I Want Time to Slow Down. I Want Time to Speed Up. And That is Motherhood.

I didn’t know it was possible to feel two different extremes at once. Motherhood is just that. I want the day…

Helping Others First is Just What Moms Do

Motherhood
June 11, 2022
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By Sam Prinsloo

Helping Others First is Just What Moms Do

Yesterday the doctor diagnosed me with sinusitis. “Rest,” she said, “If you can.” We both started giggling. She knows there…

I’m Raising a Child with the Confidence to Say No

Kids, Motherhood
June 10, 2022
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By Deb Preston

I’m Raising a Child with the Confidence to Say No

I appreciate modern parents’ focus on kindness. We refuse to raise bullies, and that’s a positive and powerful thing. But…

I Do a Million Things Because I Am a Mother

Motherhood
June 9, 2022
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By Gretchen Hoffman

I Do a Million Things Because I Am a Mother

I am a hostage negotiator—my voice soothing and calm while I talk down an incensed child holding his sister hostage…

I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Two but I’m Learning

Kids, Motherhood
June 7, 2022
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By Raiyah Hurt

I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Two but I’m Learning

To my firstborn, I’m sorry you’ve been put on the back burner. We’ve had the best four years together, me…

Grown Children, Motherhood
June 7, 2022
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By Kathleen Duthu

Dear Daughter, Buy the Teal Sofa

I’d never heard of apartment sofas until last month, probably because I had hand-me-down living room furniture when I was…

Stitching Our Scars into Something Beautiful

Living, Motherhood
June 7, 2022
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By Kirstyn Wegner

Stitching Our Scars into Something Beautiful

I’d always admired the beautiful, blank canvas of my future. I’d always dreamed of the ways I would fill it…

Today Was the Kind of Day I Hope They Won’t Remember

Kids, Motherhood
June 6, 2022
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By Casey Huff

Today Was the Kind of Day I Hope They Won’t Remember

It was one of those days in motherhood. The long, bumpy kind—where nothing seems to go right and everyone butts…

Living
June 6, 2022
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By Sarah Knutson

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…

Grown Children, Motherhood
June 6, 2022
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By Katharine Lindh

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,…

Kids, Motherhood
June 5, 2022
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By Lauren Gibson

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,…

The Man I Pray This Boy Becomes is Tender and Kind

Kids, Motherhood
June 5, 2022
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By Stephanie Kramm

The Man I Pray This Boy Becomes is Tender and Kind

"I feel so sad for them," my 5-year-old said contemplatively. "All those caterpillars won't have a mom and dad anymore."…

Motherhood

I Want Time to Slow Down. I Want Time to Speed Up. And That is Motherhood.

Helping Others First is Just What Moms Do

I’m Raising a Child with the Confidence to Say No

I Do a Million Things Because I Am a Mother

I Don’t Know How to Be a Mom of Two but I’m Learning

Dear Daughter, Buy the Teal Sofa

Stitching Our Scars into Something Beautiful

Today Was the Kind of Day I Hope They Won’t Remember

This Summer, I’ll be a Hands Free Mom

My Mother’s Hands Still Hold My Heart

I Stopped Trying To Make You Different

The Man I Pray This Boy Becomes is Tender and Kind

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