While She Sleeps, I Pray
While she sleeps, I'll examine her toes and smile at her sweet little legs. I'll smell her soft hair and…
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Dear Daughter, I Dreamed of You
I watch her sleeping peacefully, and I wonder who she’ll be. I wonder what will matter to her. I wonder…
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I Was Pregnant at 17 and Thought My Life Was Over—But God Sent Me an Angel
“You’re pregnant,” the doctor said. I cried. And I cried. I was 17 years old, and three months in. Not…
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By Meghan Moyer I’m Teaching My Daughter To Say a Confident ‘No’
Right now, “no” is her favorite word. Isn’t it every toddler’s favorite word? We chuckle when they say no all…
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By Sandy Brannan I Love Watching My Daughter As a Mother
I love watching my daughter with her two young children. I find that I have to blink a lot when…
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By Stephanie Lockhart I Refuse To Teach My Daughter a Boy Teasing Her Means He Likes Her
How many times have you seen this situation happen? A little girl comes crying to her parents from the playground…
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By Sylvia Schroeder What I Learned About Living When I Nearly Lost My Daughter
When I write about my daughter, I often feel I need to bookend it with (but she didn’t die). Still,…
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By Anna-Louise Osborne Mommy Will Be Here For You Forever, My Love
Throughout life, you are going to be in many different situations where you aren't going to know how to feel…
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By Kristie Reitz She Needs You To Love Her Through These Difficult Tween Years
My 11-year-old daughter came into my room to show me a selfie she just took of herself. I studied the…
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By Sally Newcomer I Will Always Tell My Daughter She’s Beautiful
There’s a lot of things when it comes to parenting that I have no idea about. Should I feed them…
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By Jaymi Torrez My Daughter Thinks I’m Beautiful
My daughter thinks I’m beautiful. She’s seven, and her eyes don’t see flaws the same way mine do. Her fingers…
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By Tiffany Yoder My Mama Heart Isn’t Ready For You To Grow Up So Quickly
The first night my newborn baby slept in her crib and not in her bassinet strategically nestled beside me, I…
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