You Are the Last Great Love of Our Lives
Dear sweet last child (aka baby number five), I look around this joint and feel I owe you an apology. Your parents are tired, in case you haven’t…
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When Only One Twin Survives
“Well, at least you’re still pregnant with one baby.” “Twins would have been so expensive. It’s a blessing.” “You can try again after…
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I’ll Always Be a Little Broken Without My Sister
Twenty years ago, you left. The human on this earth who could see all of me and nod in understanding. My person, my sister, from whom there were no…
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There’s Just Something Special About Brothers
Brothers—there is just something special about that bond. And there is nothing sweeter than getting to sit back and watch that bond grow and change…
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Sometimes Kids Need to Hear it’s OK to Be Sad
Two years ago my daughter got sick, really sick. And nobody knew why. And when the doctors finally came to a diagnosis it was a chronic one. And my…
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We Love Having a Big Family
This was an actual conversation my husband had recently with someone: Friend: “So, are you miserable yet?” Husband: “What are you talking…
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I Am the Mother of Two Under Two
The days are long and the nights are short. The coffee is brewed but often never even makes it to the cup until the kids are down for their morning…
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Three Was Our Number, So This Baby is Our Last
“I want a summer baby,” I tell my husband as to why we are delaying the conception of our final third child. “I want to lose a little more…
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To the Mother Worrying About the Age Gap Between Children
“You should have another child soon,” the man said, pointedly glancing down at my flat belly. “It’s not good to space them…
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10 Awesome Reasons I Love My Big Family
We are the family you count as we walk past. Don’t think you are being sneaky or we can’t see it, we can, and so do our kids. We don’t really…
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