Where is the Mama Village?
Where is the mama village? You know the one . . . the friends, the neighbors, the teachers, the extended family that our mothers and grandmothers had…
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raising kids
My Coffee is Always Cold Because I’m a Mom
My coffee is always cold. Ironic since I’m currently drinking it out of a mug labeled “Hot Stuff”. And why is my coffee always…
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Dear Kids, I May Not Always Understand Your World, But I’m Always Here For You
Dear children, I don’t know what it’s like growing up in your generation. There are a lot of things about it that seem exciting. And a…
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To My Parents, I Get it Now
Dear Mom and Dad, You always told me it would make sense when I got older, that I’d understand when I became a parent. You always said it, but I…
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Call For Me, Little One, and I Will Always Answer
You call for me. Somewhere in the middle of almost every night, your voice trickles out your bedroom door and through the house to my own, growing…
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This is Stay-at-Home Motherhood
“It’s going to be so much easier to keep our house clean once I’m a stay-at-home mom”. Chalk that one up on the list of horribly wrong…
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I Love My Husband, But He Rarely Gets the Best of Me
I went to premarital counseling, I read the books, I know the rule: if you want to have a healthy and happy marriage, you should keep your spouse…
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The Years Just Keep Flying By
The days and nights go by so slowly—but the years just keep flying by. So, I will go and flop down on her gross unmade bed and ask her all…
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Dear Husband, I Love You Even More Because of the Daddy You Are
The weather’s cold, so we’ve made that shift to inside people yet again. I look at that enclosed house space with terror. Where will the…
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Dear Husband, It’s Not Easy For Me to Admit, But I Need More Help
Dear husband, I. Need. More. Help. Last night was hard for you. I asked you to watch the baby so I could go to bed early. The baby was crying.…
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