Sometimes Love Comes After First Sight
You will fall immediately in love with your baby. This is what they tell you. Here are the other things they tell you: You will feel complete at…
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Becoming a Mom Turned My Life Upside Down
In the past three months, my life has forever changed. It has been a dream come true . . . and it has also been one of the most difficult…
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This Wasn’t What You Planned
This is probably one of my favorite photos ever. Of course, it’s my sister. But it’s so much more than that. At that very moment,…
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Don’t Be Offended if the New Mama Doesn’t Hand Over Her Baby
Preparing your heart and home for baby’s arrival is a big deal. Setting up a nursery, buying everything a baby needs, and reading all there is…
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Dear Mama, To Me You Are Perfect
You may not love it, Mama, but I do. I see the way you look at yourself in the mirror, Mama. I hear you complain to Daddy that you have “huge…
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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…
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Just You Wait, Mama
“Just you wait mama.” If I could pick one of the things I’m most tired of hearing as a mother, it would be that phrase. Since the day I…
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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…
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Motherhood Can Be Lonely Sometimes
Motherhood can be lonely sometimes. I know that seems like an odd thing to say. “How can you feel lonely? You have a child in your presence all…
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We Weren’t Meant to Walk Through Hard Seasons Alone
Have you ever experienced a season of parenting that feels especially hard? Where the questions outnumber the answers? Where you find yourself…
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