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I took a quick, no-biggy glance at the pregnancy test on a Monday afternoon. With a quick double take, my…
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I took a quick, no-biggy glance at the pregnancy test on a Monday afternoon. With a quick double take, my…
Continue ReadingI remember my nana still in her nightgown sitting on a tall, metal step stool in her tiny kitchen drinking…
Continue ReadingWe sit at the table, the four of us, plates half-eaten and mouths full of food. Pass the ranch. Can…
Continue ReadingI’m only 14 months into being a boy mama, but if you looked at my body, you’d think I’d spent…
Continue ReadingI was a cussing mama. Yes, I was a mom who used four-letter words. And not in the lighthearted, in…
Continue ReadingIt was a random night after bath time, and I was cleaning the bathroom mess while my husband tended to…
Continue ReadingDear grandparents, We are your children. As we have entered or are about to enter parenthood ourselves, we need your…
Continue ReadingAs a child, I would close my eyes as tight as postpartum jeans and teleport myself to an alternate reality.…
Continue ReadingNo one warned me how overstimulating motherhood would be. The baby is crying. The kiddo is screaming. The dishwasher is…
Continue ReadingThis summer, every morning at 6:45 am sharp, my youngest son corralled me out the door so that he would…
Continue ReadingToday was rainy. Like, all day rainy. The last three months have been a whirlwind of lacrosse camps, work, horse…
Continue ReadingMothers try. Every day we try to be the best mothers we can be. The best we know how. But we often…
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