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…
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Last summer, I was trying to back up our lawn tractor with a trailer on it. If you've ever tried…
Continue ReadingThank you, Mom, for making the sacrifice to bring me into this world. Pregnancy and labor are long and unbearable…
Continue ReadingI have often heard that we marry our mothers or fathers. For some strange reason, be it consciously or subconsciously,…
Continue ReadingDear Mom and Dad, You always told me it would make sense when I got older, that I’d understand when…
Continue ReadingI remember the first time my father mentioned her. It was autumn, less than a year after my mother had…
Continue ReadingWe were going to move. I was ready for a change. We talked about it, my husband and me, about…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, After we welcomed my first baby—my daughter, your first grandchild—into the world, I was so overwhelmed with sudden…
Continue ReadingI have dreaded Father's Day for as long as I can remember. It's a day that causes me more anxiety…
Continue ReadingI didn't meet my dad when I was first born, because he was not there. Not in the room, which…
Continue ReadingRight now, as I look down at my hands, I notice—like most days—they are rough, cracked, and unpolished. There is…
Continue ReadingOK friends, full truth: what I am about to offer to you is an outsider’s perspective. I hated playing sports…
Continue ReadingApril is here! You know what that means, parents! Time to dig the baseball gloves and soccer balls out of…
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