By Claudia Caramiello Signs of Myself
All around the house: Size 10 sneakers, oversized hoodies, half-full water bottles, and blunt little hairs all over the sink.…
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By Lissy Bauer Sharenting Shame: When Parenting Collides with Social Media
The first time my daughter told me to delete a photo, she was 10 years old. I had just posted…
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By Megan Kewaza No One on Earth Loves You More than Your Mother
When you cry, I cry with you When you stumble, I stumble with you. Every hurt you carry, every fear,…
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By Ashley Butler The Weight of Always Being “On”
There’s a kind of exhaustion sleep can’t fix. The kind that builds quietly from being needed all the time. It’s…
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By Whitney Akin There’s an Ordinary Beauty to These Middle Years with Kids
“Just wait—before you know it, they’ll be all grown up!” I heard this countless times when my three children were…
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There’s Something Special about Blogger Kids
There’s something special about blogger kids. The ones raised in front of a camera lens, the ones finding a voice…
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By Aimee C. Trafton Mothering a Middle School Daughter Is New
My daughter and I went swimming today. A hobby that has always bonded the two of us, our shared love…
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By Amy Cirksena Resenting Motherhood
I am meeting with my new therapist. She is my age, give or take a year or two, which automatically…
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When You Feel Like There’s Not Enough of You to Go Around
By the end of the day, I’ve been stretched in a dozen different directions. I’ve been the teacher, the referee,…
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My Daughter’s Struggles are Tough, but we are Tougher
Our “fishy” lives in the middle of our living room, and I try my best not to trip over it…
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By Mary McConville Midlife Is Remaking Me as a Woman and a Mother
It started like any ordinary weeknight dinner. Except this night, my teenage son sat at the table, head in his…
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By Rebecca Giantonio Moran In a Mom’s World, the Math Doesn’t Add Up
I peek over my son’s shoulder as he does his math homework at the kitchen table, observing the way he…
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