I Don’t Know What I Did To Deserve You
I don’t know what I did to deserve you. I’ll never know what I did to be chosen as your mother. I could spend forever wracking my brain, trying…
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raising kids
To the Stay-At-Home Mom Who Feels Unseen
Dear stay-at-home mom, Remember when motherhood was the dream? When we were little girls who stuffed pillows under our shirts and pretended to be…
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Oh How I’ve Loved These Little Years With You
My love for you began when you were just a thought in my mind. It grew with every movement you made in my belly, with every smile that lit up your…
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Dear Kids, I Want To Be There For it All
I will never forget the day I received a phone call that my biological father lost his battle with the horrible and rare Huntington’s disease.…
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Why Are Moms the Only People Not Allowed To Complain?
I had a hard day with my boys a few weeks ago. Truthfully, we had a series of hard weeks. I wrote about it, because, well, that’s what writers…
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Dear Single Mom, I See Your Heart
Single motherhood is running alongside the bike. Although it feels so hard to keep up with a moving bike on foot, all your child remembers is…
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Dear “Hard” Child, I’ll Always Fight For You
I sat with you this morning, while the rest of the family slept. You were up a bit early and had a nightmare, so you ran into our bed leaping onto it…
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Mothers and Fathers All Over the World Are Loving Their Children
Each night when I put my son to bed, I imagine all mothers in solidarity at the end of the day collectively let out one big, all-encompassing…
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Be a Good Mom, They Said…
Don’t bottle-feed, only breastfeed. But not in public, cover up. And not too long, only until they turn one. Don’t co-sleep. Don’t let them cry…
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I’m Treasuring My Growing Children
A little sketch of motherhood thus far: Big baby yawns eke out from folded baby fists all the way down to curled baby toes with scrunchy baby eyes…
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