By Karah Maschmeier When You’re the “Before” Photo
We see them all the time. They’re everywhere we look. Those side-by-side comparison photos. The shameful, embarrassing, sad “befores” on…
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By Katherine Kring There Is No One Way To Be A Mother
I applaud you stay at home moms. You’ve spent countless hours helping with homework, doing the dishes, carpooling to every…
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By Ashli Brehm To The Mom Who Wonders If She’s Doing It Right
I watched her as she seemed so calm. He had gone to the breast effortlessly. This roly poly babe who…
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By Kristi Bose The Scars of Life
The garage on our homestead was an eyesore as it leaned precariously close to the house. After rescuing keepsakes that…
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By Judy Terrell To My Son: His Love Saved Us
I look at this picture and my heart is flooded with emotion. I remember every detail about this day. I…
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By Brittany Dyer A Message for Every Mom
On the days I feel like I am failing at being a mom, I have to remind myself that I…
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By Kathy Glow When party games go horribly wrong
It happened at a party I attended with my friend. Her friend was having the kind of party where suburban…
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By Stacy Harrison The Photo I Never Took
Just off the highway on the edge of our town is an artesian spring that runs continuously from spring to…
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By Lauren Kauffman Why I’m Not Sad To Be Done Having Kids
I'm here to change the tone a bit when it comes to the decision to stop having children. My husband…
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By Amy Bellows Choosing To Forgive
Have you even been broken? Knocked down so quickly, so efficiently, that you are engulfed in that moment of time. That…
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By Tammi Landry-Gilder A Boy And His Favorite Stuffed Frog
Just days after my second son was born, my best friend of more than thirty years sent him a package…
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By Dani Stroda Penises and PMS: Why I Want My Kids To Talk To Me About Everything
All of these subjects have come up in conversation with my daughters over the last couple weeks. None of those…
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