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Motherhood
January 8, 2020
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There’s Just Something About That Last Baby

There’s just something about that last baby. When she’s placed in your arms for the first time, something inside you changes. Actually,…

Motherhood
January 4, 2020
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I’m a New Mom, Let Me Cry These Tears

I sit on the hospital bed as a new mother, which I became in mere seconds, to a perfectly healthy baby. The river running down my face must mean…

Kids, Motherhood
January 2, 2020
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You’ll Never Regret Having More Kids

You’ll never regret having more kids.⁣ Let me finish that sentence properly. You’ll never regret having more kids once that child is here.⁣…

Motherhood
December 23, 2019
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Dear Second Child: My Love For You is Second to None

My second child, you may have come in that order, but you aren’t second rate. The only second you are to me is my second language—the one I had…

Baby, Marriage
December 9, 2019
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My Husband is Not a Baby Guy

When we had our first baby, my husband floundered. I didn’t realize it at the time—that he was trying and learning. I felt like he was giving up.…

Baby, Grown Children, Motherhood
December 4, 2019
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Dear Mom, I’ll Always Be Your Baby…Even When I Have My Own

Dear Mom, Today I came home from the hospital with my brand-new baby boy. As my weak postpartum body hobbled in the front door, there you were,…

Baby, Motherhood
November 23, 2019
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Battling the Darkness of Postpartum Depression

I felt it coming . . . that dreaded fog slowly rolling in. As my new baby lay peacefully sleeping on my chest, I felt it creeping in. Instead of…

Motherhood
November 15, 2019
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You Don’t Have to Exhaust Yourself to Be a Good Mother

People always say to me “I don’t know how you do it with three. I can’t do it with one.” And I’ll always say the first is your hardest. I…

Baby, Motherhood
October 14, 2019
2 Minute Read

I’ll Cherish These Sacred Moments With You, Sweet Baby

In the silence of the morning, before anyone else is awake, it’s just you and me. Your gentle kicks wake me up. I feel you. I poke back, initiating…

Baby, Motherhood
September 20, 2019
4 Minute Read

I Second Guessed My Second Child

I didn’t exactly go the traditional route. While my classmates were contemplating where to attend college or what to major in, I waddled…

new baby

There’s Just Something About That Last Baby

I’m a New Mom, Let Me Cry These Tears

You’ll Never Regret Having More Kids

Dear Second Child: My Love For You is Second to None

My Husband is Not a Baby Guy

Dear Mom, I’ll Always Be Your Baby…Even When I Have My Own

Battling the Darkness of Postpartum Depression

You Don’t Have to Exhaust Yourself to Be a Good Mother

I’ll Cherish These Sacred Moments With You, Sweet Baby

I Second Guessed My Second Child

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