Dear Daughter, May You Learn the Power of Gentleness
You’re a force to be reckoned with, baby girl. Strong-willed. Not easily overlooked or forgotten. You feel big emotions, and…
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You’re a force to be reckoned with, baby girl. Strong-willed. Not easily overlooked or forgotten. You feel big emotions, and…
Continue ReadingI spent the summers of my youth on a ball diamond night in and night out. I spent most of…
Continue Reading“Mothers are their children’s safe place.” I hear this all the time. I feel this way about my mom, and…
Continue ReadingYou recently turned 21—a milestone age. Yes, at 18 you became an adult, but at 21 you now have full…
Continue ReadingTonight at bath time, you looked me square in the eye and said, “Mommy, when I get big, I wanna…
Continue ReadingI grew up very poor, living in low income housing, eating reduced lunches, and being raised by a single mom…
Continue ReadingSitting at the airport reading a friend's beautiful book and minding my own business over my Cheddar Jack Cheeze-Its because…
Continue ReadingI've been kicked out of the dressing room. How did this happen? A month ago, I was helping you try…
Continue ReadingTo all the women who raised me . . . To you first, Grandma, the one who taught me I…
Continue ReadingI thought I would be more sad than this. I walked with my daughter to school this morning. I say…
Continue ReadingIt unfolded in an instant. Her sky-blue eyes split between teenage-anger and childlike tears. As her growing, 9-year-old body couldn't…
Continue ReadingMy little girl, You are too young to understand this now, but one day years from now you may find…
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