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Motherhood
November 3, 2019
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The Time We Have Left Isn’t Nearly Enough

As a mom, I’ve always wished a postcard would come in the mail informing me that I was about to experience some daily task with my kids for the…

Gift Guides, Products We Love, Teen
October 17, 2019
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Great Gifts for the Hard-to-Shop-For Tween or Teen Boy

Of all the people on your holiday list, a tween/teen boy could be the hardest. These young men are still young at heart but often have…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
October 17, 2019
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Parenting is Harder Now So I’m Parenting Harder

Being irrelevant to my teenager daughter sounds amusing and inconsequential. Becoming irrelevant is different. It’s heartbreaking. The…

Motherhood, Teen
October 15, 2019
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She’s 14 and I Already Miss Her

Behold the 14-year-old. Starting to spread her wings. Starting to turn her gaze outward from the walls of this house onto the great big world.…

Gift Guides, Products We Love, Teen, Tween
October 11, 2019
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15 Gifts for Tween and Teen Girls That Won’t Make Them Roll Their Eyes

No one can be as fickle as an adolescent girl, which can make gift-giving tricky. This guide has something for every girl, no matter what she is into…

Kids, Motherhood
October 10, 2019
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I Get To Watch You Grow Up

We were at the grocery store the other day and you walked right past the penny horse without even a pause. I keep pennies in my purse for moments…

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
October 9, 2019
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I Wasn’t Ready For This

I can remember when I received a bag of hand-me-downs from a friend whose little girl had outgrown her size 10 clothing. My baby, at the time, was…

Motherhood, Teen
October 1, 2019
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Dear Daughter, I Was More Than a VSCO Girl Once Too

It seems like just yesterday when the alarm would go off at 6 a.m., I’d roll out of bed and throw my hair up in my favorite scrunchie, slip on my…

Products We Love, Tween
September 19, 2019
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12 Books to Rediscover With Your Tween

I have a tween daughter who, since the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, loves to read. A few years ago, I started a list of books I wanted…

Kids, Motherhood, Teen, Tween
September 13, 2019
6 Minute Read

Dear Son, What Did I Do to Deserve You?

I think it was about the age my son turned 10 there became new boundaries: too big for cuddles, tickling or crawling into my bed anymore, and most of…