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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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 Tara Hanratty 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 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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By Victoria Hulmes I Was Never Really Me before You
When you were younger, Mommy, what were you like? What did you do? Darling, I had a whole life, way…
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By Katie Revai LeFevre As a Newly Single Mom, I’m Proud of My Strength
My greatest dreams were to get married, have babies, and build a happy family—and now I'm in my mid-thirties and,…
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By Erin Eddy There’s Beauty In the Teen Years Too
From the random dirty dishes presently cluttering our basement to the constant eye-rolling I'm privy to, it's evident that there…
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Two Mothers Diverged In a Fancy Restaurant (and Both Were Happy)
Larissa knew I was pregnant. After the thrill of this news wore off, she wanted the meaty, juicy details I’d…
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We Say So Many Goodbyes to Little Versions of Them
Before you become a parent, you think the times that will break your heart will only be the big ones—double-digit…
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By Emaline Ashe The Silent Pain of Unexplained Infertility
Twenty-five years ago, my husband and I were young, healthy, and ready to have several children. Life had different plans…
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