Take a Load Off, Mama
“If you’re so tired, then lie down and go to sleep.” This phrase, spoken by my well-meaning husband, drives me…
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By Whitney Herrmann Over 60 Conversation Starters To Bring Your Family Closer Together
New Year’s Day is a time to finally stop and reflect after the intense and fast paced holiday season. It…
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By Ashli Mazer To the Broken Mommy
I looked up. She stood there holding a capless marker, feverishly gripping it with her whole hand, pushing the tip…
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By Deb Preston I Don’t Like Being a Stay-at-Home Mom
I don’t like being a stay-at-home mom. There. I said it. So many moms gush about how much they…
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By Whitney Bougher God Sees You, Momma
Oh, Momma, so it’s been one of "those days" and it’s only 9:30 in the morning? Your little darlings were…
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By Brea Schmidt What The Day After Christmas Taught Me About My Life
The day after Christmas, we had nothing to do but “be.” With single-digit weather outside our windows, still-exciting new toys…
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By Brynn Burger Mommin’ Ain’t Easy: Five Confessions of a Real Life Mom
Let’s be real, we all make mistakes. I don’t care if your last child's birthday party would have qualified you…
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By Valli Vida Gideons To My Son as He Becomes a Teen
Here you are. Standing on the doorstep of teenage-ness. Brace yourself, buddy. They don't refer to them as the years…
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By Lauren Eberspacher A Letter to My Future Daughter-In-Law While I Rock Your Husband
Hello sweet girl, I'm sitting here with a baby sleeping on my chest. His tiny body rests perfectly into mine.…
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By Kathleen Sullivan It’s OK to Take Our Kids Out of Their Extra-Curricular Comfort Zones
I could see it in her eyes—the fear and anxiety. She did not want to go in the worst way.…
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Six Things I Can’t Do Since I Had Kids
Becoming a mom was hands-down, no-hesitation the best thing that has ever happened to me. It is beautiful, and hard, and meaningful, and…
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By Jillian Benfield My Son with Down Syndrome has a Higher Intelligence
We’ve been through a lot of big life things in the last year. They are the kind of hardships we will look…
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