Soon, You Won’t Be the Baby Anymore
You snuggle up and put your little arms around me. Your little body curls around your new little sibling growing inside me, and your fingers pull at…
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To the Brotherless Boy
You are just a toddler now, not yet two, and the second born of four children. When I found out you were to have another sister—making you the only…
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God Gave Me Twins
The gel was cool on my belly. I looked at my husband apprehensively and he squeezed my hand. Our last pregnancy had ended in miscarriage. I was…
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What’s It Like to Grow Up With a Strong-Willed Sibling?
There have been endless articles written about strong-willed children. How to parent them. What a blessing they can be. What ages are the hardest.…
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Is Having An Only Child Such a Sin?
When people ask me how many kids I have, I always say “just” one. I reflect further to think why I used the word “just” when I did not really…
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How “This Is Us” Broke the Hearts of Middle Children Everywhere
Although This Is Us is on hiatus until fall, there was one episode from season two that has really stayed with me since I first watched it in…
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Healing After the Death Of a Sibling
I was 14 when my brother led me to the Lord. However, as I grew in my walk with the Lord, my brother struggled. He struggled with the idea that there…
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To My Firstborn, As We Welcome Your Baby Brother
For moms wrestling with the transition to additional children. To my eldest child, I had not a clue how intoxicating being a mother—being…
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I Was a Dad Who Yelled—But Here’s How I Stopped
Does this scenario sound familiar? You hear two of your kids in the other room starting to bicker. It starts out tame. They start whimpering at each…
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What I Want My Firstborn to Know About Being First
Today, my son officially became a big brother. Well, technically that happened one night about ten weeks ago, but today the ultrasound tech showed a…
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