By Alethea Mshar Dear Special Needs Mom, I See You
Dear special needs mom, I want you to know that I see you. I see you running your child to…
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By Ashli Brehm Stay Little, My Dear
Stay little, my dear. I whisper it as I watch you. Digging in the sand. Laughing in the sunshine. No…
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By Anne Metz How Pictures Of Our Struggles Can Help Us Appreciate the Victories
This morning I got caught up looking at pictures of my kids when they were babies. I was looking for…
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By Carolyn Moore Dear Husband, What Your Tired Wife Wants From You Right Now
I wake up at 6 a.m. with a toddler sleeping on my neck. Not my chest, not tucked into my…
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By Courtney Boulware I Promise To Dream With You, Little One
“Look at those big clouds, mommy! I wish I was on a cloud!” came the voice of my three-year-old from…
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By Nadene van der Linden Are My Kids Missing Out On Fun Because I’m Introverted?
I often think my kids are missing out because I’m not an extrovert. As an extroverted introvert, meaning I love…
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By Brynn Burger Learning to Say No in A Yes-Filled World
Full disclosure, I recently had a meltdown . . . in the car . . . on the way back…
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By Mary Ann Blair You Are So Much More Than “Just” a Mom
“What do you do?” the nurse asked, as she attached the blood pressure cuff to my arm. It was a…
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By Sylvia Schroeder “I Don’t Want Them To Have a Mother Like Me”
“I don’t want them to have a mother like me,” my daughter said. I sat in a heap, shoulders bent,…
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By Rebecca Bergman I’m Just Making Something, Mama
He works steadily stuffing six pillows and four blankets into a heap between the two couches. To me, it looks…
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By Britt LeBoeuf Please Let Me Remember the Little Details of Their Littleness
I’ve never been a baby person. Not when my adorable little brother came home when I was eight-years-old. Not when…
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By Sandra Samoska The Magic That Happens When Moms Stick Together
Self-care seems to be the newest trend in parenting advice. It’s edged out the meditation, yoga and exercise that were…
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