Dear Son, I’m Not Quite Ready For You To Become a Man
I started warning you about middle school a long time ago. Heights are awkward, bodies are changing, skin is uncooperative,…
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I started warning you about middle school a long time ago. Heights are awkward, bodies are changing, skin is uncooperative,…
Continue ReadingShe’s having a baby boy. And she doesn’t have a clue what to expect. She assumes there might be tractors…
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Continue ReadingThere’s such uncertainty when your baby dies. Whether you’ve lost them at 5-weeks gestation or 10 months after birth, it…
Continue ReadingSweet third child, your presence flooded our lives with abundance. The kind of abundance God promises—that pressed down, shaken together,…
Continue ReadingI always imagined motherhood like white linen sheets and a crib at the foot of my bed. Like running a…
Continue ReadingI descended the stairs, immediately irritated by what was awaiting me with each scream originating from my 15-year-old son. Great,…
Continue ReadingTo my daughter’s friends: I’m sure it comes as no surprise how much my daughter misses all of you. She…
Continue ReadingEven though I'm a nurse . . . I have all the time in the world right now but I…
Continue ReadingMy mom always said she loved giving birth, and she’d do it over and over again. Each time she said…
Continue ReadingI guess I knew it for sure when I pulled the pile of birthday cards from her trash can. Especially…
Continue Reading"Honestly, I hate this, too." Those were the words I typed in my email to my homeroom advisee today. It…
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