As the Mom of a Teen, I Belong in the Backseat Now
I remember growing up, the best thing in the world was calling "shotgun!” and beating my sisters to the front…
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I remember growing up, the best thing in the world was calling "shotgun!” and beating my sisters to the front…
Continue ReadingIt has been a day. You are hurrying through the grocery store, trying to calm your screaming baby and hoping…
Continue ReadingYou bought them when you first found out you were pregnant. It may have been one of the first items,…
Continue ReadingThe true measure of a mother’s love is her willingness to wake up before the sun on vacation. On a…
Continue ReadingIt just hit me. I’m going to be sad. I’m going to be sad when you don’t want to go…
Continue ReadingAs I sit here watching my two boys running around on the bright-colored foam mats, sliding down the bright red…
Continue ReadingI don’t belong here anymore. The thought crept into my mind today as I stood in the baby section. I…
Continue ReadingMy firstborn son is a senior in high school this year. I don’t even know how I feel about that.…
Continue ReadingI never expected my sign to come in the form of a plastic bag. As a parent, you’re told over…
Continue ReadingI remember the puppet shows so vividly. The stage curtain was always the same old, red-checked, woolen blanket strung roughly…
Continue ReadingMemory ghosts dance in the periphery of my mind. Even though three weeks have passed since I dropped her off—my…
Continue ReadingI wasn’t counting. I was feeding you on the sofa in the dark, I was rereading the directions on a…
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