By Nicole Merritt To the Lady at Pei-Wei With Seven Kids
My Reality: To the lady at Pei-Wei with seven kids, My name is Nicole. I am pretty sure you saw…
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By Brea Schmidt To the Mama Who Feels Like a Failure
Last week, I was clearing the kitchen table and scrubbing the floor below it; a standard action in a house…
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By Lisa Mullen The Baby Stage? Not My Favorite—But I’m Not Wishing It Away.
I’m going to confess something that might make a lot of mommies gasp: I don’t love the baby stage. …
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By Caitlin Shoe I’ll Hold You Instead
You fell asleep in my arms while I was on the phone with my mom, and I could have put…
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By Tiffany Picotte Speak Your Mind—And Other Fierce Principles I Want My Preteen Daughter to Embrace
She is quietly fierce, intensely independent, and passionate about her beliefs, but a soft-hearted caregiver who is loyal to the…
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By Mande Saitta She Walks Into School Each Morning as I Hold My Breath
Yesterday, my daughter’s high school investigated a shooting threat. It was the second one to happen over the last week…
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By Jen Mearns Three-Year-Olds are Wonderfully Odd Little Creatures
I have a three-year-old, a two-year-old and a newborn and the most curious (as in Alice in Wonderland odd, strange) little…
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By Heidi Cox God Didn’t Want Me to Change the World, He Wanted To Change Me
One afternoon, when I was three years old, I found my younger brother kneeling on the living room floor. He…
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By Lauren Eberspacher Mamas, You Were Created To Do Hard Things
I sat with my friend, both of us in our sweatpants and messy buns with our legs curled up on…
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By Whitney Fleming Children Are Meant to Be Unfinished
“And don’t forget you didn’t finish the laundry,” I yell defiantly. I watch the slim profile of my daughter stomp…
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By Ashley Moore I’m Holding On As You Grow, Little One
And then you grew. Just like that. I tried so hard to hold on to every moment. To breathe in…
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By Nicole Schoolfield Will My Husband Love Our Newborn More Than He Loves Me?
While I was in the third trimester of my pregnancy with my first child, I had a true fear of…
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