Cherish the Gift of Sisterhood, My Daughters
Dear daughters, You’re supposed to be sleeping right now, but you’ve asked to share a bed for the night, so quietly drifting off seems…
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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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How Blessed I Am To Be Raising Sisters
When I was expecting my second baby, people sometimes looked at my firstborn, a daughter, and told me, “Now you just need a boy . . . then…
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So God Made a Sister
He knew you would need someone to run barefoot through fields with and make mud pies with. Someone to run around the sprinklers with in the hot…
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How Lucky You Are To Be Growing Up With Sisters
Dear daughter, Do you know how lucky you are to have sisters? I yearned for a sister when I was a little girl. Cried, in fact, when my baby…
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Today I Let Them Play Together Longer
We needed to get our day started. Really. It was the beginning of a new homeschool week, and the morning was crawling closer and closer towards the…
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Realizations of Having a Tween and Teenage Daughter
When my second daughter was born my older daughter was turning 4. I thought it was so challenging to have two children four years apart. I was…
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My Sister Passed Away, Who Will Be Next?
In the aftermath of my sister passing away, I have long struggled with the fear of who was going to be next. As the oldest of five kids, I have…
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This Memoir Written By A 12-Year-Old Girl Leaves Us All In Tears
Imagine a peaceful night after coming home from a fun mother’s day at your grandparents, only to find that very soon a life or death situation…
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My Sister’s Keeper – When Mental Illness Kidnaps Your Sister
It all started when we were young girls. We are sisters in a tight knit family. Back then our family chalked it up to just…
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