By Kayci Villarreal Everything I Know About Motherhood, I Learned from My Mom
I lay in a hospital bed, and the doctor placed my brand-new son into my arms. As I held him…
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By Sarah Hamelman I Went No-Contact With My Toxic Mom: Here’s What It’s Like
Two and a half years ago, with tears in my eyes, an ache in my heart, and an eight-month pregnant…
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By Laura Mendenhall My Mom Made It Look So Easy
I assumed I’d have turnkey kids. In my mind, I was a turnkey kid. I survived the toddler stage, complied…
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I Should Have Taken More Photos of My Mom
What’s the one thing I wish I did before my mom died? Take more photos. But no, I assumed I’d…
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The First Christmas Without My Parents Cuts Deep
“This is going to be the first time we go through the holidays without mom.” How many times have I…
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By Sue Volikas Grandma’s Christmas Angels
My grandmother had quite a collection of Christmas angels. They were all different shapes and sizes. Some were plastic and…
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By Sherry Parnell Your Love Is Passed On
For so much of my life, I never understood why people used the phrase “passed on” when someone died. I…
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When Mom Died, We Had Tea
My mom was never, ever without a cup of Lipton's tea. Like a dear friend, it held her hand, kept…
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By Lyndsay Zadnik My Mother Raised Me To Go On Without Her
“The kids are spending the night at Grandma’s, and I’m eyeballs deep in Fritos while catching up on all my…
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By Carolyn Moore Publix Holiday Ad Nails It: You Never Outgrow Needing Your Mom
The first time I ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner on my own, my mom was several hundred miles away. I was…
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I Wish I Had the Chance to Be Friends with My Mom
Dear Mom, I never got the chance to appreciate you as a mother. There was so much life still to…
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By Kelley Friedland One Day I’ll Wish I Could Hear Their Voices Again, So I’m Saving Messages From My Parents
I have about 40 or more saved voicemail messages in my phone from my mom and dad, (mostly my mom…
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