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Time Slips Like Sand Through a Mother’s Fingers

Child, Kids, Motherhood
October 19, 2022
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By Kristin Kolp

Time Slips Like Sand Through a Mother’s Fingers

I take a handful of sand and watch the granules gradually slip between my fingers. My 1-year-old digs in the…

Having Babies and Toddlers Is Exhausting—but So, So Sweet

Baby, Kids, Motherhood, Toddler
September 19, 2022
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By Shalene Roberts

Having Babies and Toddlers Is Exhausting—but So, So Sweet

I took the girls to one of our favorite coffee shops last week and all around me were parents of…

Child, Kids, Motherhood
August 26, 2022
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6 Minute Read

By Shaeleen Kennerley

Why Does It All Go So Fast?

I remember the day you were born so vividly. It’s etched into my brain as one of the best moments…

A Mother’s Heart Remembers These Sweet Moments Forever

Kids, Motherhood
June 28, 2022
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By Lizzy Christian

A Mother’s Heart Remembers These Sweet Moments Forever

Motherhood gives you all the feelings. It’s hard not to be utterly thankful for and grieve the little things of…

No One Told Me It Was the Last Time You’d Be This Little

Kids, Motherhood
June 26, 2022
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3 Minute Read

By Andrea Corsi

No One Told Me It Was the Last Time You’d Be This Little

No one told me it would be the last time I rocked you to sleep. A cry in the night,…

Kids, Motherhood
May 27, 2022
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3 Minute Read

By Courtney Hughes

Oh, How I’ll Miss Little You

Oh, my sweet little child, I wish you could stay this little forever. I wish these days would never end.…

You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 24, 2022
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3 Minute Read

By Kristie Reitz

You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time

I can see the yellow blur of the school bus passing in front of my window. Soon my little boy…

Yesterday She Was Born, Today She’s 13, and Tomorrow She’ll Be Grown

Motherhood, Teen
March 9, 2022
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3 Minute Read

By Leslie Means

Yesterday She Was Born, Today She’s 13, and Tomorrow She’ll Be Grown

I cried the day we took her home from the hospital. Most people will tell me that was just hormones.…

Kids, Motherhood
February 17, 2022
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5 Minute Read

By Nicole Lasley

I’m Not Ready For You To Grow Up

You took a shower today. Daddy let you wash your hair and scrub your body. You lathered and rinsed and…

Baby, Motherhood
October 31, 2021
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3 Minute Read

By Sarah Gerhardt

You Look So Big To Me Now

I often think about how tiny each and every one of your features was, especially after being told you’d be…

There’s Just Something About the Last Kid

Kids, Motherhood
September 16, 2021
6K Views
4 Minute Read

By Amy Betters-Midtvedt

There’s Just Something About the Last Kid

Every time could be the last time in the toy aisle. I spent over an hour with this kid walking…

Kids, Motherhood
September 8, 2021
2.8K Views
5 Minute Read

By Kali Dawson

Our Kids Keep Us Young

When our kids are off to bed and we return to the couch, still watching one of their cartoons, we…