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Dear Struggling Teen, Life Gets Better After High School

I grew up in a small town and I still live outside that small town. My high school was not huge, so everyone knew everybody. Everyone knew almost…

Each school night, somewhere between 8:30 and 9 pm, my three teenagers begrudgingly leave their phones on what I lovingly refer to as my containment…

My grandma smoked her first cigarette when she was 11. Seriously. That sounds shocking to us now, of course. It actually kind of makes me giggle,…

Before all the photos of my family vacation pop up in your newsfeed, there’s something you should know. You’re going to see lots of…

Jodie, Jocelyn, Lisa, Liz . . . These are a few names of some of my best friends. I would take a bullet for these women. I would drink the…

Dear son, You saved up your money to buy your first phone and I know you are super excited to finally join your friends online doing all the things…

Last Mother’s Day, my husband made a comment that has really been bugging me. We had a typical Mother’s Day, spent at church and…

“I have the perfect solution for those dark circles under your eyes,” the message read. “Kids are exhausting right? I used to blame them for my…

Dear every person whose path I just came across, I am not calling you out or judging you. I swear I’m not. I’ve been there. I’ve done that. I…

A few years ago, our oldest son Ethan asked us if he could create an Instagram account. I believe he was nine at the time, and in an effort to put…