Dear Daughter, Be Kind To Yourself
There are lots of things I know I want to do or be as a mother. One of my biggest…
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There are lots of things I know I want to do or be as a mother. One of my biggest…
Continue ReadingI’ve spent most of my life being a doormat. I was terrified that someone wouldn’t like me, and I spent…
Continue ReadingI was an awkward kid. I preferred playing sports with the boys in my jeans and T-shirts instead of talking…
Continue ReadingWe were driving to see a movie when I asked Norah why she’d been calling herself fat recently. We were…
Continue ReadingBeautiful girl, When you are finished falling, after you hit rock bottom and watch yourself come apart into a million…
Continue Reading118. That was the number on the scale just before I realized I needed help. 118 pounds. It’s really not…
Continue ReadingHey, sweetie . . . it's mom. I’ve been feeling a little unsettled lately. Not just "life is crazy and…
Continue ReadingBaby girl, you are so incredibly beautiful. So delicate. So beautifully breakable. And because of that, I am afraid for…
Continue ReadingGrowing up whenever I daydreamed about motherhood, I always thought I’d be a boy mom. I grew up with brothers,…
Continue ReadingHey sister. Wear the shorts. I know, I know . . . You see the dimples and the cellulite. Who…
Continue ReadingI recently read something that resonated with my soul. It said, in part, that a part of being an adult…
Continue ReadingI'm in line for coffee this morning. Behind me is a kid about my son's age, and behind him, a…
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