By Amy Martin All I Wanted Was Her Four-Leaf Clover
I walked past the antique chair into the sunken living room of the beautifully decorated home. I passed the extensive…
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By Lisa Leshaw She Called for Me in the Night
I wasn’t scared of a single thing when I was a little girl, except for EVERYTHING that happened each night…
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By Lisa Kottenstette Mom’s Unspeakable Joy
After my mom had a stroke, she could not speak and could barely move the right side of her body.…
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By Christen McKey The Tangled and Beautiful Roots of Our Family Tree are My Mother’s Masterpiece
There are times my kids will slip up and call me “Grana” instead of “Mama.” I just laugh and jokingly…
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By Marissa Khosh Dear Mom, You Are the Picture of Devotion
I hope someday I will be as devoted a grandma as my mom is. It is hard to put into…
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Alzheimer’s Is the Longest Goodbye
I’m not losing you once, I’m losing pieces of you every day as this disease relentlessly takes you from me,…
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By Madison Sabados My Mom Taught Me to Be a Fighter
My mama was a kind woman. She would do anything for anyone at any time. She had a heart of…
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By Her View From Home Dear Little Me, It Wasn’t Your Fault
Little me, it was not your fault. You were not a bad child. You did not need fixing. You did not…
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By Louisa Vilardi Mommy, Do They Have Cell Phones In Heaven?
I take my children to the cemetery every summer to celebrate my mother’s birthday. The first time I did this,…
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By Marissa Bader I Said Goodbye to a Different Part of You Every Day
I always assumed death was something that happened in an instant. Here one moment, gone the next. At least that’s…
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By Stacy Bronec Grandma Gets To be There
After seven hours in the car with three young kids, my husband and I sighed in relief as we parked…
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By Hannah Dearth Mom, You Were Enough
As a parent with children of my own, my mom will often apologize about my childhood when my siblings and…
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