Thanks to You, Friend, For Cheering for My Kid When I Can’t Be There
“Mom, I won my race!” Tears instantly sprang to my eyes as I sat in the parking lot 40 miles away from one of my twin daughters who just competed…
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Supporting a Friend Who Has Weathered the Storm of Betrayal
He left her. Not only that, but it was for a friend of hers. More her friend than his, but not anymore. Walking with my friend through this most…
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Dear Friend, This is How You Can Support a Mother After Child Loss
First of all, you’re a great friend if you are reading this. Child loss is the depth of despair, the lowest valley, the deepest hurt. At least…
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Dear Struggling Mama, It Gets Better
This is for the broken mama. For the tired, the weary, the chewed up and spit out and cracked up into pieces of us that is just trying to hang on…
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Thank You For Praying For Us
We recently went through a very scary situation with our 4-year-old. He caught a somewhat common childhood virus, but things went completely awry and…
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Children Don’t Get Easier, We Just Get Stronger
“This too shall pass.” As mothers, we cling to these words as we desperately hope to make it past whichever parenting stage currently holds us in…
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When My Spirit Was Weary, God Sent Me Geese
I was sitting alone on the back patio swing the other night, kind of in a restless mood. Our daughter’s wedding is over, the out-of-town family and…
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Parenting in the Background Matters, Too
I’ve played the piano since I was four. It started as a way to make my older brother look bad. He also played and hated practicing. I,…
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Dear Husband, Sometimes I Just Need You To Hold Me
My dear husband, You are a fixer. A good one. I love that about you. You are a top-notch problem-solver, a Handy Andy. You always have a solution for…
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We Stopped Trying to Control My Husband’s Depression and Did This Instead
When the depression storm comes, it wants to be known. It doesn’t just cause a little wind and rain. Oh no. The storm builds and builds upon…
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