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The Difference Between Being a Parent and Being a Mother
Two and a half years ago my body decided it was done having children. I wasn't so sure. My husband and I were...
Empty Nester
Empty Nester: Those two words strike fear in my heart. Almost as much as the words “please step on the scale”.
I don’t want anything to...
In Honor of Prematurity Awareness Month
It’s natural to want to share everything with your best friend, so when Katie and I discovered that we were both expecting twins in...
In the Blink of an Eye
She was folding clothes and returning them to the suitcase while her preschooler played with trucks in the living room. When she turned around...
When the Little Things Are the Big Things
So often, we hear the phrase— “It’s the little things”—bandied about that we forget what it means. And too often, this mom who focuses...
Dreaming of Family Adventure
"I recently shared these feelings with my husband and it turns out that he was actually having similar thoughts! He told me about a book he’s reading that chronicles families who sell all their belongings and take off traveling across the world for months to years at a time. But that’s crazy, right? Then it hit me: That’s exactly what I want to do! It would combine our love of travel with our desire to slow down and spend time together as a family."
When It’s Too Scary to Ask for Help
We have all been there – the point in life when we think we have it all together, and then we don’t. We are...
Single Parenting Through the Holidays
There are very few of us who grow up with the dream to become a single parent one day. Rather, single parenting is often...