I Kept My Baby Even Though I Was 16
I kept my baby. Even though I was 16. Even though I didn’t know how I would. I kept my baby. Even when everyone told me “kids shouldn’t have…
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Please Don’t Tell Me These Are the Best Days of My Life
These aren’t the best days of my life. You go out of your way to tell me they are. You tell me in the grocery store as I wrestle through with my…
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It’s Lonely Being the Only Mom in Your Friends Group
I started out my motherhood journey as a newlywed, fresh out of college, at 20-years-old. I was elated. I was ready. I had always wanted to be a…
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To the Mama In Her 20s
Hey there mama in your 20s. Can I ask you something? Is this how you pictured this decade of your life? Wiping bums and drippy noses? Maybe, like me,…
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Feeling Inadequate As A Young Mom
I was 21 when I became a mother. I was a senior in college. And I was newly married. I think that’s when it started. Those feelings of inadequacy.…
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