I’m Starting to Appreciate the Mom I’m Becoming
I never thought I’d see myself as being a professional mom, and I’m not the mom I thought I would…
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When Love Wears a Mask
The sound of my son's crying followed me everywhere, even in silence. Three months postpartum, in the thick of a…
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God Shows Up for the Weary Mother
The first light of dawn peaked into my bedroom window as angry cries filled the house. Squeezing my eyes shut,…
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By Caitlin Van Hefty To My Winter Baby
Your arrival into this world was in true Minnesota fashion. You decided it was time to make your entrance on…
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By Katie Revai LeFevre RSV Season Is Back and So Is My Plea: Please Don’t Kiss the Babies
It’s been two years since the darkest chapter of my life as a mother. My then-newborn son, a preemie, had…
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Today I Washed Your First Load of Laundry
I’m 31 weeks pregnant today. For a while, whenever I’d begin to get a let’s get nesting, I’m not ready…
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I Carried You for Just a Moment but My Love Goes on Forever
Eighteen years ago I carried you for a moment. Made with love, we wondered what you would be when we…
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I Never Liked Holding Babies Until I Held My Own
I never liked holding babies until I held my own. Babies scared me. Or scratch that—motherhood scared me. When I…
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By Heather Congrove Everything Changes When Your Baby Is Born
It is amazing—the transformation a woman goes through during pregnancy. Each day upon waking, she must adjust to a different…
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By Krystal Sieben Second Babies are the Lucky Ones
I’ve been hit with a major nostalgia wave this week as one of my dearest friends welcomed her secondborn son.…
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By Charissa Lauren To the Mom with a Traumatic Birth Story
My twins will be three months old this weekend, and I just finished making their baby book. It took me…
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To the New Mom Trying to Hold it All Together
New momma, I see you. I look at your picture, and when everyone else sees a smile shining back, I look in…
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