Play Really is the Work of Childhood
As I sit here, I am listening to my older daughter color by herself in another room. Of all of the sounds of young motherhood, the self-chatter…
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Lord, Teach Me To Number The Days
Lord, teach me to number my days. I leaned over and picked her up from her crib. I rocked her gently in my arms and sang the song I’d sung…
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The Joy in Forgetting Time With You
You see the soft white bristles just poking from the pillow’s edge. “A feather, give it a pull,” I say, and your eyebrows raise with the…
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I’m Even Grateful For the Tantrums
At first, when you would scream and cry I would dread every second of it. I would pray for you to stop, for just five minutes of peace and quiet, and…
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You’re Not My Baby Anymore
As I look through your baby pictures, it hits me. It hits me so hard. You, sweet toddler, are not my baby anymore. From the moment you were born, you…
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Here’s to Two
I can’t believe you’re two. It seems like just yesterday I held you in my arms for the first time and stared into your big blue eyes. Now we’re…
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Dear Firstborn, I’ll Never Forget When it Was Just Us
My little one, Tomorrow you earn a new title: “big”. And before we both embark on this new journey, I have a few things I want to remind you of.…
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Be Wild, Child—But Remember Your Roots
For years I longed for a second baby. I daydreamed about snuggling a newborn, hours spent rocking a tiny bundle of love, holding a toddler’s…
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Look For the Mom
Summertime. Summertime is for picnics and family vacations and holiday BBQs. For weddings and family reunions and graduations. Parties and birthdays…
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May We Never Forget How Hard This Was
Smack dab in the middle of Sam’s Club, motherhood broke me. Little sleep, an embarrassment of pregnancy hormones, and one poorly-timed toddler…
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