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Motherhood, Tween
October 28, 2019
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I Am Done Letting Pressure Rule Her Childhood

I scratch my daughter’s back. I read to her. I lay on her floor until she falls asleep and then I tiptoe over to the door and quietly try to turn…

Friendship, Motherhood
September 21, 2019
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We Weren’t Meant to Walk Through Hard Seasons Alone

Have you ever experienced a season of parenting that feels especially hard? Where the questions outnumber the answers? Where you find yourself…

Teen
September 4, 2019
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I Wouldn’t Want to Switch Places with My Teenagers

If you are the parent of a teenager, you’ve probably lectured them a few times about how hard the real world is. We talk about how they get to…

Living
December 31, 2018
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I Just Can’t Balance it All

I decided to stop using “balance” to describe how I manage life as a grown-up. Partly because “balance” conjures up images of ledgers with…

Motherhood
December 18, 2018
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To the Mom With Holiday Anxiety

I love the holidays. Really, I do. But if I could get past my anxiety surrounding almost every little thing that makes up the holidays, I know I…

Motherhood
December 8, 2018
69 Views
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It’s OK to Admit You’re Not OK, Mama

To all the other mama bears struggling with postpartum mood disorders, I want to let you know that it really, truly, absolutely is OK to NOT be…

Faith, Motherhood
November 24, 2018
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Dear Mama, God Can Handle Your Emotions

Dear mama, As we all know, motherhood is such an incredibly vulnerable time of life. Emotions tend to run high. I have found that when I am…

Health, Mental Health, Relationships
October 16, 2018
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I Don’t Have Anxiety—But My Husband Does

I don’t have anxiety but my husband does. We should have realized this years ago but we missed it. The realization came suddenly and as…

Faith, Journal
October 14, 2018
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Sometimes We Don’t Realize We’re Doing Too Much Until it All Comes Crashing Down

It’s quiet. Sunday morning. Early. Damp, gray clouds settled in overnight smothering the sun’s scheduled appearance. Our part of the world…

Kids
August 9, 2018
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Helping Our Kids Face Their Fears Takes Patience and Understanding

It was a shocking realization to learn that each of my three sons had extremely different personalities. From birth, each of them exhibited…

stress

I Am Done Letting Pressure Rule Her Childhood

We Weren’t Meant to Walk Through Hard Seasons Alone

I Wouldn’t Want to Switch Places with My Teenagers

I Just Can’t Balance it All

To the Mom With Holiday Anxiety

It’s OK to Admit You’re Not OK, Mama

Dear Mama, God Can Handle Your Emotions

I Don’t Have Anxiety—But My Husband Does

Sometimes We Don’t Realize We’re Doing Too Much Until it All Comes Crashing Down

Helping Our Kids Face Their Fears Takes Patience and Understanding

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