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    A Love Letter to 226 Pounds

    Amy Pence-Brown October 8, 2022 essays

    This morning Eric and I stared down at these old licenses we were about to surrender to you with delightful nostalgia.

    drivers license, weight, motherhood, parenting, marriage, moving, identity

    My Experience with Bacterial Meningitis

    Jennifer Savage October 7, 2022 essays

    It’s been five years since the first of these headaches sent me to the emergency room on a June night. I’d spent the day in dark rooms, first at my house then at an urgent care center hooked up to an IV receiving fluids.

    bacterial meningitis, meningitis, motherhood, parenting, hospital, emergency room, fear, illness

    Silence and Echoes: Stopping Subtle Sexism

    Kristen Ploetz October 3, 2022 essays

    It would be very easy for me to duck out of some personal responsibility here under the cloak of not judging other people’s parenting, minding my own business, or even he’s from another generation. These are fail safe excuses for when we need to bite our tongues.

    parenting, grandparents, judgement, sexism, gender, equity, motherhood

    The End of the Clock

    Jenny Roth October 1, 2022 essays

    I started thinking, what if there is more to life with my kids than waiting for bedtime?

    stay at home mom, motherhood, parenting, routine, bedtime, time, meals, naptime

    Charlie and the Shuttle Bus

    Maureen Wallace September 30, 2022 essays

    Traveling with three kids is always an adventure, and by adventure I mean a sweaty, exhaustive, penance-like reminder of why we don't travel with three kids very often.

    travel, adventure, down syndrome, motherhood, parenting, exhaustion, smiles

    The World of Two

    Sarah Powers September 26, 2022 essays

    The world of two is a world where you ask, and no one listens. 

    motherhood, sleep, nightmares, two-year-olds, toddlers

    Start Looking

    Jill Robbins September 25, 2022 essays

    Start appreciating what you have. Start right now. 

    appreciation, motherhood, parenting, hypochondriac, grateful

    Unedited; What Happens When You Start To Share Your Ugly Story

    Suzanne Perryman September 23, 2022 essays

    The ugly I began with and had been transformed into a beautiful sense of understanding.

    special needs, understanding, motherhood, parenting, fear, handicapped, wheelchair

    Not Just Another Cup of Tea

    Rudri Patel September 22, 2022 essays

    My parents never deviated from their ritual of making chai every morning. The dedication to this routine offered a connection that I didn’t understand as a young girl.

    parenting, heritage, tea, ritual, chai, motherhood, family

    Sidelines

    Kaly Sullivan September 20, 2022 essays

    Everything in me wanted to say, “Not today,” instead I said, “Okay. Let's do this.”

    motherhood, parenting, sons, experiences, start, learning
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