By Maralee Bradley My Baby Doesn’t Care That I’m An Old Mom
I remember when my husband and I were young and in love and imagining the next decades of our lives…
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By Linsey Driskill Believing in Your Kids When They Mess Up Changes Everything
I couldn’t believe the words that came out of my dad’s mouth. I was in high school and had made…
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By Collene Borchardt Dear Teen Driver, Promise Me These 3 Things
Today you get your driver’s license and enter a whole new world—a world where you can go where you please…
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By Jennifer Toscano From the Moment a Baby is Placed in Her Arms, a Mother is Never the Same Again
On the day that sweet newborn is placed in her arms, a mother is born. She never was one before…
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By Natasha Smith ‘Advanced Maternal Age’ Does Not Define You
"Matured maternal age." Those are the words I saw listed on my medical chart at my last doctor’s visit. And…
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I Should Have Loved Them First
The acrid aroma pierced my awareness before the sound of the alarm did. Consciousness desperately trying to break through the…
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My Husband and I Are Different Parents To Our Kids, and That’s OK
It's officially 8:30 p.m.—another day survived in mommyhood. As you sit on the couch listening to the white noise of…
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By HVFH Contributor You’re Exactly the Right Mom For That Wild Child of Yours
Hey, mama. I see you with that bundle of energy. I see those ladies at the post office watching you…
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Raising Daughters is a Work of the Heart
Sugar and spice, and everything nice. That's what girls are (supposed to be) made of. But, what about grit? Determination.…
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By Laura Hanby Hudgens I’m Embracing Life As a Middle-Aged Woman
My children are big now, but most days I still feel pretty young. I don’t mean 22 or anything. But…
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By Mary Ann Blair A Mama’s Heart Sees the Beauty Between Those Growth Chart Marks
A homemade oversized ruler hangs at one end of our hallway. It is covered with carefully placed blue and white…
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By Courtney Devich Mothers Spend Their Lives Sitting Down Last
She’s always the last one to sit down at the dinner table. A mother never gets to eat first, she’s…
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