By Shelby Spear My Child is an Adult I’m Proud To Know
What the . . . ? My son is 23. A baby by all conventional standards. Somehow, it turns out,…
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By Dani Stroda Comparing Myself to Other Moms Taught Me Something Important
I did the school drop off this morning with my kindergartner. I don’t do it often; usually, I kiss my…
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By Brea Schmidt “I Wish We Weren’t Always Hurrying, Mom.”
My girl LOVES Kindergarten. Loves. It. She has friendly classmates, an incredible teacher . . . and an adorable love…
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Can We Please Be Done With the Myth of the Perfect Family?
My husband and I didn’t find out the gender of either of our girls before they were born. We reasoned…
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By Esther Vandersluis There’s No ‘Right’ Way to Feed a Baby
I feed my baby from a tube with a syringe. Sometimes. And sometimes I feed her from a bottle. I…
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By Jen Savage Embracing Pregnancy After Lost Innocence
Today I took a pregnancy test . . . and it came back with a bright blue plus sign. A…
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By Katie Parton My Husband Doesn’t Need a Son
My precious friend and I are both stay at home mothers. To get out the toddler wiggles and to shake…
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By Natalie Brenner This Isn’t How I Wanted to Mama
She dumped the Aveda dry shampoo into her greasy hair, added some mascara to yesterday’s, and rubbed the eye cream…
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By Crystal Foose To the Woman Swinging My Toddler at the Park
Yes, I see you lifting my three-year-old into that swing next to your own child. I saw her get between…
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By Amy Weatherly I’ll Take the Tired—Because Someday They Will Leave Me
My husband walks through the door and I am done. Finito. Finished. Over it. Here, take this baton, because my…
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By Miriam Levine Why 30 is the New 20
Thirty. I am the authority and I’m also amorphous. I feel behind and too far ahead. I have a husband…
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By Kayla Friehe You Were Unexpected and I Was Scared
To my unexpected blessing, It’s hard to believe, even for a second, I thought life would be fine without you.…
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