Dear Parents, This is What Your Teenagers Need You to Know About These Tough Years
After 38 years and with infinite humility, I am packing up my therapist’s shingle. I’m not mentioning this to garner fanfare nor kudos.…
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To the Stepparents Who Love Their Bonus Kids So Well—Thank You
Last summer, I was trying to back up our lawn tractor with a trailer on it. If you’ve ever tried to back up a trailer, you know that it’s…
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Thank You, Mom and Dad, For Everything
Thank you, Mom, for making the sacrifice to bring me into this world. Pregnancy and labor are long and unbearable at times, but you did it all for…
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Dear Husband, Thank You For Being the Father My Own Was Not
I have often heard that we marry our mothers or fathers. For some strange reason, be it consciously or subconsciously, we go on a search for what we…
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High School Coach Resigns Due to Parental Politics—And it’s Time to Say Something Out Loud
After just a few months into her position as the head volleyball coach at Amarillo High School in Texas’ panhandle, Kori Clements has announced her…
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To My Parents, I Get it Now
Dear Mom and Dad, You always told me it would make sense when I got older, that I’d understand when I became a parent. You always said it, but I…
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Can I Learn to Love a Stepmother When I Still Ache For My Mom?
I remember the first time my father mentioned her. It was autumn, less than a year after my mother had lost her lengthy battle with cancer. “I’ve…
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We Just Couldn’t Move Our Kids Away From Their Grandparents
We were going to move. I was ready for a change. We talked about it, my husband and me, about moving to the coast for a change of scenery. We visited…
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Dear Mom, I Still Need You
Dear Mom, After we welcomed my first baby—my daughter, your first grandchild—into the world, I was so overwhelmed with sudden and blindly…
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How My Husband Redefined Father’s Day
I have dreaded Father’s Day for as long as I can remember. It’s a day that causes me more anxiety than Christmas, milestone birthdays,…
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