By Kathryn Andersen If Your Kids Are Your Only Contribution to Holiday Gatherings This Year, That’s Enough
Flour coated my hands and the front of my blue sweatshirt as I carefully smoothed the dough with my rolling…
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By Lois Flowers The Last Thing I Wanted to Do Was Worth Every Sweaty Step
“I want to do running club,” my daughter Molly announced a few days after school started. Excited that my then…
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By Kimberly Hale Three Little Words at Christmas
Christmas 2009 is a Christmas I will remember for the rest of my life. All because of three little words:…
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By Charissa Bates I Do Want to Go For Coffee, But My Kids Need Me Right Now
“Sorry, I can’t meet up for coffee. My life has been chaotic,” I say for what feels like the tenth…
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Dear Daughter-in-Law, I Love You as My Own
Dear daughter-in-law, I love you dearly. Not just because you love our son so well but because you are worthy…
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By Kara Teague Sometimes I Get Lost in Resentful Service
I’m cleaning the house again. It seems never-ending with laundry, dinner, dishes, bills. Go there, do that. Put my head…
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By Rachael Ramas Our Bonus Kids Fill My Home and My Heart with Joy
For as long as I can remember, I’d wondered if I’d have two kids or maybe even three. Like many…
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By Kelley Mack Motherhood Is Not One Size Fits All
There were many, many things (okay almost everything) I didn’t account for when preparing to become a new mom, but…
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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 Jenna Stehler We Say Goodbye Over and Over as Our Babies Grow
Last year, my son stopped believing in Santa Claus. He’d been asking a lot of questions, and I knew it…
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God Will See You Through These Teenage Years
To my son, Today you came home upset. You didn’t want to talk about it, so I gave you a…
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By Amy Keyes There’s Magic In This Mess
One of my favorite quotes says, “The opposite of a hot mess is cold, predictable, and tidy. That’s not where…
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