The Kids are Grown—Now What?
Between video chats with our son stationed overseas, our daughter flits in and out our door from college while the…
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By Lisa Appelo Overwhelm Isn’t Just a Season For a Single Mom
Dear Single Mama, I’m sorry I never understood the load you carry. I get it now. I see the heaviness…
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By Tania Lorena Rivera Something Beautiful Happens When Your Parents Become Grandparents
Sometimes I watch my parents with my children, and I wonder who are these people and what happened to the…
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By Lisa Mullen My Challenging Child Taught Me How to Shepherd Hearts Not Behavior
My first child was relatively easy to parent. Oh, sure, he threw the typical toddler tantrums, and years three and…
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I’m Embracing Being a Single Woman and Mother
Looking around our world, we are shown images of an expectation of living life as a couple. Disney movies show…
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By Hannah Dearth You Don’t Have To Be a Fun Mom To Be a Great One
Somewhere along the way, we have gotten this notion that motherhood always needs to be fun and exciting. Maybe it’s…
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By Mikala Albertson I Stopped Trying to Be a Perfect Mom and Started Believing I Was a Good One
In the beginning, I wanted to be a PERFECT mom. And I’ll never forget the first time I lost my…
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By Her View From Home I Grew Up in an Angry Home—But My Kids Will Not
A few years ago, there was a meme going around that basically said, “I’m a mom who yells all the…
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By Alicia K. Albertson This is the Year of Being Tired
Every year, I optimistically make my New Year’s resolutions and choose a word to symbolize something I plan to work…
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By Genevieve Kane I’m the Mom With the Strict Schedule and I’m Not Sorry
I have four children ages four and under. I swore I would never be that mom—the mom with the strict schedule.…
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By Anneliese Lawton I Can’t Stand My Messy House, But My Heart Isn’t Ready For When It’s Clean
My house is a disaster. Like every single room has STUFF scattered about. Tiny pants, pieces of LEGO, socks, random…
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By Katelyn Washington To the Grandparents Who Step Up: Thank You
Grandparents raising their children’s children are a special kind of people. They are the kind who deserve recognition, applause, a…
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