To the Mom Counting the Hours Until Bedtime: One Day You Won’t
On a recent Saturday, my 5-year-old did something miraculous. He woke up, got out of bed, picked out his clothes,…
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I Won’t Miss Being This Tired, But I Will Miss You
“Don’t blink,” they say. “It goes so fast,” they say. And perhaps the favorite of exhausted moms everywhere, “One day…
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No One Told Me I’d Forget Your Littleness
They tell you time passes quickly. But I didn’t understand. "Blink and you’ll miss it," they said. But I didn't…
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Every Time Our Babies Walk Away From Us, They Come Back a Little Bit Older
Every time my baby walks away from me, she comes back a little bit older. This hit me the other…
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Cherish the Tiny Moments of Childhood
I wish that young-mom me had listened more carefully to the wisdom of moms, aunts, cousins, and grandmas. “You’ll miss…
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Farewell To the Little People
There were days I didn't think I could bear putting one more puzzle back together, or tracking down all of…
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Dear Teen Sometimes I Still Wonder: Was I a Good Enough Mom?
It always felt like we had so much time ahead of us. Plenty of time to teach them all they…
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Remember How Good This Feels
There will come a day when he takes his last nap as a 1-year-old. He’ll snuggle into his favorite spot,…
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It Isn’t Easy To Say Goodbye To the Little Boy I Raised
Buried within the correspondence from politicians seeking donations and stores celebrating Labor Day sales, I spot an email from a…
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They Tell You To Hold the Baby, But No One Warns You How Fast He Grows
They tell you to hold the baby. They tell you that everything else can fall by the wayside. They tell…
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It Felt Like Forever
It felt like forever when you were a week past your due date, all snuggly and content inside me, patiently…
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She’s a Teenager Now, But I Still Find Myself Watching Her
I probably took a million pictures of her . . . just this year. Or was it just this month.…
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