“But that doesn’t mean we stop fighting for it. Love is not a feeling but an action. A decision to put another person above ourselves.”
Dear Foster Mom: It’s OK To Struggle Bonding With Your Child
To The Mama Feeling Guilty This Back-To-School Season
“Your kids love you. You’re doing the best you can and that is ENOUGH.”
Co-parenting With A Narcissist Is Cruel, But You Can Take Your Power Back
“Never lose yourself and know you did the best thing you ever could have done the second you walked out the door. You are more powerful than you will ever know.”
Mom Provides Hope, Advice For Others Parenting With Mental Illness
“We beat ourselves up immensely for the smallest details our children aren’t even upset about, and yet it’s a never-ending cycle.”
To My Grown Children: Until My Last Breath, I Will Always Be There
“They don’t quite need me the way they used to. However, as I move from the driver to the passenger seat of their lives, I get the beautiful privilege of witnessing them growing into capable, independent, faithful men.”
Dear Child Of Divorce: I Will Always Put Your Emotions First While Co-Parenting
“I cannot imagine how confusing it feels to be a tiny human trying to navigate such a situation.”
No Matter How Old You Grow, You Will Always Be My Baby Boy
“It seems only yesterday I brushed my hand over your newborn skin. Your tiny fingers wrapped around my thumb and squeezed. My breath hitched in my throat, because in that moment I realized your little hands had the delicate strength to mold my whole life.”
I Don’t Want My Kids To Spend Their Lives Preparing, I Want Them To Live In The NOW
“Preparing them to get the best grades, to get into the best college, or learn another language, or perfect the violin, or work with a top soccer trainer. Instead, I want to cherish them now and give them what they deserve. Time.”
Dear Mama Having A Rough Week: You’re Getting Much More Right Than You Think
“Today, I lost it. I could feel my nerves fraying at the seams as my toddler refused to listen to anything I said. And in true me fashion, I cried. I lost my patience. I slammed cabinets and scraped plates filled with uneaten dinner. I took away privileges and declared mommy law. The mental load of motherhood broke me. Finito. Buh-bye. GONE.”
‘I became a widow at 34, 10 days after the adoption of our son.’: Widowed mom details sudden loss of husband to melanoma
“‘The judge signed off, and now we can go through with the adoption.’ It should have been one of the happiest days of my life. Instead, I was absolutely terrified. We’d just gotten some absolutely terrible news a few days before: James had cancer.”