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Living, Motherhood
June 17, 2025
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By Lauren Benson

Am I Doing Enough to Break the Cycle?

I’m lying in bed, trying to shut off my ADHD brain. I’m usually caught in a cycle of obsessively overthinking…

Kids, Motherhood
June 9, 2025
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By Her View From Home

Here’s To You, Kindergarten Moms

Everyone talks about the kindergarten graduates, with their tiny caps that won’t stay put, the too-big gowns, the beaming, missing-teeth…

While I Was Raising Her, the Lord Was Raising Me

Grown Children, Motherhood
June 5, 2025
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By Melissa Kulp Frankenfield

While I Was Raising Her, the Lord Was Raising Me

I should remember the doctor’s name, but I don’t. It was such an ordeal. 18 hours of labor sort of…

Kids, Living
May 14, 2025
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By Angela Williams Glenn

Here’s To the Fierce Defenders

Sometimes it comes down to just you and them. You’re the only thing standing between them and the back of…

Raising An Autistic Child In An Already Scary World

Kids, Motherhood
May 12, 2025
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By Ashley Flores-Pabon

Raising An Autistic Child In An Already Scary World

Once you become a parent, you are forever changed. Everything that you do revolves around the safety, growth, and overall…

I’m a Bad Mom and a Good Mom—and That Makes Me a Normal Mom

Motherhood
May 9, 2025
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By Dana Anderson

I’m a Bad Mom and a Good Mom—and That Makes Me a Normal Mom

I’m a bad mom. I’m also a good mom. I guess that makes me a normal mom, because we’re all…

A Great IEP Team Makes All the Difference

Living
May 8, 2025
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By Liz Koch

A Great IEP Team Makes All the Difference

It's easy to focus on the shortcomings of the public school system. Most can agree it needs a significant overhaul,…

Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
April 29, 2025
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By Shalene Roberts

Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go

Light shone down from a cyan sky as we parked the car in the college admissions lot. It was a…

Faith, Grief, Loss
April 27, 2025
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By Rachel Wojo

When “God, Hold Me” Is All You Can Pray

Watching my child suffer while dying is not something I can even describe. The trauma of having an unmarked white…

The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now

Motherhood
April 24, 2025
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By Kelly Odom

The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now

It’s 12:38 p.m. I’m fixing lunch. It’s the end of spring break, the last spring break. It’s my son’s senior…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
April 14, 2025
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By Erin Eddy

There’s Beauty In the Teen Years Too

From the random dirty dishes presently cluttering our basement to the constant eye-rolling I'm privy to, it's evident that there…

Two Mothers Diverged In a Fancy Restaurant (and Both Were Happy)

Friendship, Motherhood
April 13, 2025
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By Kimberly Ely

Two Mothers Diverged In a Fancy Restaurant (and Both Were Happy)

Larissa knew I was pregnant. After the thrill of this news wore off, she wanted the meaty, juicy details I’d…

parenting

Am I Doing Enough to Break the Cycle?

Here’s To You, Kindergarten Moms

While I Was Raising Her, the Lord Was Raising Me

Here’s To the Fierce Defenders

Raising An Autistic Child In An Already Scary World

I’m a Bad Mom and a Good Mom—and That Makes Me a Normal Mom

A Great IEP Team Makes All the Difference

Dear Junior Moms, Get Ready for the Year of Letting Go

When “God, Hold Me” Is All You Can Pray

The Playset Belongs to Another Little Boy Now

There’s Beauty In the Teen Years Too

Two Mothers Diverged In a Fancy Restaurant (and Both Were Happy)

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So God Made a Mother