A Mother’s Love Is an Endless Pursuit
I look at him and my heart breaks into a million little pieces. It simply hurts too much to know…
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My Mama Heart Wonders If He’s Ready For Kindergarten Next Year
Is he ready? It's the question I’ve been asking myself for the last year. The question that’s literally kept me…
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My Son’s Well-Worn Lovey Is Proof Of How Motherhood Changes Us
When my son was three months old, my aunt and uncle sent him a generously-stuffed cow from Texas that was…
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Suddenly My Son Is a Teenager and I Wasn’t Ready For How That Makes Me Feel
I have been struggling lately. You see, my firstborn is suddenly a teenager. I knew it was going to happen,…
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By Jennifer E. Rizzo The Right Response to Learning My Son Has Autism? Listen.
“Are you sure about that diagnosis?” I blinked at her in surprise. My son was recently diagnosed with autism, and…
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By Kimberly Willingham Hubbard God Tasked Us With Raising Beautiful People in a Fallen World
Today, I watched my little boy put an oven mitt over his hand and mix up an imaginary meal. Like…
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By Katarina Bohn Please Don’t Comment on My Son’s Size—He Already Knows He’s Short
I pulled up to my son’s school one day last week, and he climbed into the car full of his…
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By Ellie Hunja I Was Waiting to Connect with My Autistic Son and I Almost Missed the Love that Was Already There
When we’re exhausted and completely emptied by the demands of motherhood, the connection we feel with our little ones is…
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Dear Son, I Pray You Never Lose Your Childlike Faith
You, my son, are precious. Yellow rain boots and mismatched clothes, you dig holes in the yard and try to…
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We Have to Let Our Kids Make Hard Choices
The registration deadline for the fifth-grade science camp was looming. Many parents view the school science camp as a rite…
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By Rachael Ramas I Hope This Brother-Sister Bond Lasts a Lifetime
To my children . . . There is something so special about a brother-sister bond. It is one of the…
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By Samantha Krieger Dear Son, Don’t Ever Lose Your Helping Heart
When you carried two gallons of milk on our way out the door at Aldi, I smiled. You insisted to…
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