There’s Always Something Missing When You Have a Teenage Daughter
I stood in the bathroom with only one eye open. In the glaring light coming from above the mirror, one…
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By Sarah Althouse But What if I Don’t Want To Raise a Bossy Daughter?
Everywhere I look, there is a growing trend telling me I should raise my daughter to be bold, fearless, passionate,…
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By Heather Duckworth This is 12
As I sit in the car line waiting to pick up my daughter from middle school, I spot her in…
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My Heart Was Waiting For a Daughter
“It's a girl,” I could hear a smile in the nurse’s voice from the other end of the phone line.…
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By Brea Schmidt Dear Daughter, You Never Have To Walk Alone
I loved those first days in the hospital with you. As I started the process of bonding with you, I…
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By Shannon Lenz Dear Daughter, I Don’t Want You to Hide Your Body Because it’s Bad—I Want You to Respect Your Body Because it’s Good
My dearest daughter, Right now, I can dress you however I want. I can put you in adorable little dresses…
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By Karen Szabo I Was a Mean Girl, and I’m So Sorry
There’s something you don’t know about me. Something I’d rather let sit in the back of a dark closet and…
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By Mikala Albertson Dear Girl, Always Be Exactly Who God Made You
Dear girl, At two years old you know exactly what you want. What you like. What you don’t like. And…
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By Sina Steele One Day, It Will Be Up to You to Take Care of My Baby
One day, a man will come and take that spot across the table from my baby. A part of my…
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By Arianna Freelen You Are Beautiful, My Darling Girls
Once upon a time, there lived a mama and her three girls. The three girls loved to play dress up. They had…
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By Whitney Fleming Dear Teenage Daughter, I Will Be Right Here Waiting For You to Come Back to Me
The shift was slow and subtle. First, you pulled away slightly as I put my arm around you walking out…
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By Jennifer Kish I Love Watching Her Dancing With Daddy, But I Dream of Her Dancing With Jesus
My little girl twirled around the living room in her brand new Sunday dress. "Dance with me, Daddy," she called…
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