I May Be Grown Up, But Sometimes I Glimpse The Girl I Was
In 1985, I am six years old and have a raging case of chickenpox. My dad decides to document my…
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When You Choose To Love Yourself As Much As You Love Your Kids
I love perspective. I believe it to be one of the most powerful tools we have in life as we…
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Part of the Time, Life’s Mighty Good
The day my grandmother died, I missed the phone call to tell her goodbye. I’ve often wondered how I would…
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Why I’m Embracing My Wrinkles
The other night I stood staring at my face. My forehead suddenly jumped out at me (I suppose it can…
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Trying to Embrace the Present
In the span of less than a year I became a parent, left my job, and moved from a big…
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Learning Trust in the Chaos
My husband and I have four children. We started off with 3 boys, each two years apart, and then took…
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Future Self? Happiness is for YOU (even if you’re not that cool on social media)
I'm writing a letter to my future self, because I know the moment is coming, as it always does, when…
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10 Perspectives on Motherhood from the Empty Side of the Nest
While in the thick of raising three humans who were conceived and born within a 42 month split-second, I considered…
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Growing Older isn’t Something to Fear. It’s an Adventure.
Fifty. I can remember being in my teens and thinking that fifty years old was basically about 10 minutes away…
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“Will it be Beautiful There?” Seeing Life Through my Child’s Eyes
“Daddy! Daddy! DADDY!!” my 5-year-old exclaims from his perch in the back seat of our car. “Yes, bud. What?” I…
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