By Cat Borg Our Kids Trust Us with Their Real Selves
My girls danced all night. They were smiling, they were having a ball! "Aren't your girls lovely!?" people said to…
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I’m a Bad Mom and a Good Mom—and That Makes Me a Normal Mom
I’m a bad mom. I’m also a good mom. I guess that makes me a normal mom, because we’re all…
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By Liz Koch A Great IEP Team Makes All the Difference
It's easy to focus on the shortcomings of the public school system. Most can agree it needs a significant overhaul,…
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By Chandni Bansal Adolescence Is Teaching Us Both To Take Our Time
She’s a lot. She’s been a lot of everything since the time she was born. She was an emergency caesarean,…
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By Vicki Bahr Dear Connie, How Could We Have Known How Beautiful Grandma Life Would Be?
Dear Connie, How could we know as we stood on Makena Beach in Maui, watching Adam and Debby smile as…
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By Tara Hanratty These Messy Moments Are Tomorrow’s Precious Memories
We live on an old street with perfectly manicured lawns, beautiful gardens, and freshly painted shutters that match the coloured…
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Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go
Light shone down from a cyan sky as we parked the car in the college admissions lot. It was a…
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I’m Not the Mom I Thought I Would Be, but I Am the Mom They Needed
Way before I had kids, I knew what kind of mom I wanted to be. I envisioned a perfectly clean…
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By Kelly Odom The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now
It’s 12:38 p.m. I’m fixing lunch. It’s the end of spring break, the last spring break. It’s my son’s senior…
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Dear Mama, There’s a Story In Your C-Section Scar
I’ve given birth four times. Each experience has been uniquely different and beautiful. My last baby was born by Caesarean…
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By Amy Keyes Spring of Senior Year Is the Dress Rehearsal for Letting Go
As a teacher, I count the time in school days. And as a proud Midwesterner for life, I also count…
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By Jordan Doland Dear Mama, There Is Beauty In All Those Mundane Moments
Motherhood is all about the mundane moments. Really, life in general is full of mundane moments. The mundane moments of…
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