By Pamela Palmer I’m Thankful for the Friendship I Share With My Mom
My daughter is only two, but like most moms, when I look at her pictures from what seems like forever…
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By Kelli Bachara A Mom is a Mother Forever
My mom still waves goodbye to me. She stands out on her driveway and waves. Sometimes even blows me a…
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By Dani Sherman-Lazar Dear Anxious Child, I Will Fight For You
To my child with anxiety: I will always fight your monsters. The ones under your bed and the ones in…
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By Emily Stelter What You Don’t See When You Look at My Wild Child
I see what you see. He barrels through life at 90mph intent on finding the hilarity and excitement in everything.…
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By Kayla Banks My Sons Are Exactly What I Never Knew I Needed
The other day I was running around the house in an epic pool noodle sword fight with the boys. It…
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By Carolyn Moore My Kids Are Back in School—And I’m Struggling
"Let's go find a friend on the playground!" I said a little too brightly. My freshly-minted kindergartener kept wiping tears…
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Mothers Weren’t Meant to Carry it All
“Dear God, please give Mommy four sets of arms. Amen.” My eyes blinked wide open as this prayer rolled off…
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Dear Grown-Ups: I’m Just a Kid, and I’m Still Learning
Last week, my kindergartener went viral. I posted a picture of the two of us, sitting on the kitchen floor…
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By Mikala Albertson Having Big Kids is Pretty Great, Too
Gather round young moms of babies and toddlers. I have a story to tell. I went to the gym. By…
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By Cara Arnold My Child With Special Needs Can’t Live Her Life in Captivity
Two years ago, my daughter got sick. Very sick. Her body began attacking her brain. As we watched her slip…
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By McKenzie Wood When I Left the Hospital, Mother’s Guilt Came With Me
When I left the hospital, mother’s guilt came with me. Smuggled in the diaper bag. Crouching beneath the car seat.…
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By Rachel Gossen Sheets on the Line
Sometimes on my nightly drives, I spot, in distant yards, sheets on a line. Some of them haphazardly strewn across,…
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