Dear Tween, I Will Try To Remember You Little
When I hold you, I will try to remember your tiny arms and tiny legs wrapped securely around me. When…
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When I hold you, I will try to remember your tiny arms and tiny legs wrapped securely around me. When…
Continue Reading“Mom, can I have a phone?” “Mom, why won't you let me shave my legs?” “Mom, when can I wear…
Continue ReadingMillions of tween and teenage girls have read Judy Blume's coming-of-age classic, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret since…
Continue ReadingFrom the day she was born, I knew we had a firecracker on our hands. I tell people that the…
Continue ReadingThey all say it’s coming. I have an inkling it might be true. Yet I’m holding on–I’m believing the same…
Continue ReadingWhile I was organizing my daughter's bedroom this weekend, it hit me: we've entered the in-between years. We're in between…
Continue ReadingDear 6th grade, Here’s the thing. Not only is it hard to be a pre-teen, but a pre-teen who just…
Continue ReadingI keep seeing articles about kindergartners heading off to school for the first time, and parents are feeling all the…
Continue ReadingOne of the first things I did after having your slippery body brought close to mine for the first time…
Continue ReadingYou are 9 and 11 years old, and every day I’m in awe of the young women you’re becoming. Still…
Continue Reading“Please don’t tell my friends I still watch Paw Patrol. They say it’s for babies and I know it is,…
Continue ReadingThe word “friend” is defined as “one attached to another by affection or esteem.” When I was a little girl,…
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