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“Mommy, you are safe and loved and wanted,” my son said to me one night as he stroked my cheek,…
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“Mommy, you are safe and loved and wanted,” my son said to me one night as he stroked my cheek,…
Continue ReadingMy dearest tired woman, I see you. I see you staring at your reflection. Your face is lined with age,…
Continue ReadingThroughout the progression of the coronavirus, one thing that has become evident is that anxiety is a thief. It steals…
Continue ReadingWUHAN: It's roughly day 48 of the city's quarantine. We've been locked in our apartment complex for many weeks. I…
Continue ReadingSomething has been weighing on my heart. I see it all around me—in my friends, family, neighbors, and many people…
Continue ReadingYour mammogram results are in. They were abnormal. We need further imaging . . . OK. There are some spots…
Continue ReadingI sat on the couch. Weary. It had been one of those days. The morning was spent taking kids to…
Continue Reading"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon…
Continue ReadingI grew up hearing things like, “You know they love each other because they fight like cats and dogs,” and…
Continue ReadingWhen each of my first two babies (not babies anymore, but my babies still) was new, in those sleepless, bleary-eyed first months…
Continue ReadingThe vibrant green of leaves peaking in my kitchen window, ears ringing with little voices, stomach in knots over the…
Continue ReadingIt's been one of those hard, frustrating, upsetting, emotional, confusing, give-me-a-neck-cuz-I-need-to-wring-it kind of days. Frankly, it makes you unsure of…
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