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Motherhood
February 15, 2020
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Here’s to Us, Middle-Aged Moms Just Trying to Keep Up

Do you ever feel like the rotting avocado on your counter? There it is. So promisingly fresh. So deceptively OK. Until it’s taco Tuesday and what…

Motherhood, Teen
February 15, 2020
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The Secret to Parenting Teens? Listen and Repeat.

Of all the parenting hacks you’ll ever hear, this one is the most important. “LISTEN AND REPEAT.” I didn’t make it up. I read it…

Products We Love, Teen, Tween
February 14, 2020
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12 Books For Navigating the Lonely World of Parenting Tweens and Teens

When I found out I was pregnant and for a few years after, I devoured every parenting book I could find. I liked knowing what was going to happen and…

Friendship, Motherhood, Teen
October 7, 2019
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I Never Knew I Would Be So Lonely Raising Teenagers

I’ve always heard about the loneliness that comes while raising teens. Most days, I don’t understand it. I don’t understand it because my life…

Kids, Teen, Tween
September 5, 2019
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Our Kids Need Us to Stop Performance Based Parenting

Parents, can I ask a favor? Can we stop pushing the goalposts back for our kids? Can we stop changing the definition of what success looks like? Can…

Faith, Motherhood, Teen
July 16, 2019
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Parenting Teens is a Test of My Faith

Parenting teens is hard. But not really in the ways they tell you. The hard stuff isn’t the eye-rolling, back-talk, slamming doors, or…

Marriage
June 19, 2019
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Hey Tired Moms: Sex Gets Better

I had great sex the other day. The kids were at school and I sent my husband a text to see if he wanted to come home from work for a “lunch…

Faith, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 29, 2019
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Lord, Let Me Catch My Children in the Act

Lord, let me catch my children. May I always listen to that still small voice that tells me to walk into the room without warning. Let me not avoid…

Marriage, Motherhood
January 15, 2019
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I am the Everyday Dishes of My Family

I am the family’s everyday dishes. No one has ever described me as “dainty” or “precious”. I am hardy and used to…

Kids, Motherhood
April 2, 2018
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There’s Sweetness Ahead Too, Young Mama

We’re so often told to cling to the days with our littles, to squeeze every drop of goodness out of the moments because they are so fleeting. I…