By Stacey Conner. I like sweets. I like treating my kids. We often eat sugar, baked goods, and even candy. But some weeks, I feel like it’s inappropriate for me to add a treat onto all the crap they’ve eaten at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How do you Measure Motherhood?
Motherhood has no KPIs. But every day feels like a performance review.
No Moral Here
Perfect father leaves the baby in the car; mother who can’t keep track of anything is relieved.
One Good Thing: Celebrating the Birthday of a Child Who Has Died
In hindsight, I was glad I’d gone so over the top. I couldn’t have known that her first birthday party would be the only one I’d ever get to throw her.
Lost and Found
By Matt Logelin. Without the love of my life,I was now facing a lifetime as a single father to the daughter we were so excited to raise together.
Born Again
It was nearly four years ago that my daughter was born to me, without pain or contractions, on the side of a road.
I Will Never Forget That I Dropped my Infant Son
Sometimes I wish I could forget that I dropped him. But the fog that cloaked his arrival with sleepless wonder did not shroud those few horrifying seconds.
The Call
By Bethany Thies. I’ve been expecting the call and dreading it since he was 2.
A Love Letter to My Son’s Stepmom
When I learned you were going to be part of my son’s life, I couldn’t breathe.
This is Love
By Melissa Bangs. The agony of missing my daughter was accompanied by the shame of abandoning her.