motherhood
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ParentingMatrescence: the process of becoming a mother
I was deeply ashamed. “I just want to go back to before,” I said to my husband, burying my face in his shoulder. I’d been…
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ParentingThe Pity Party Pit and how to get out of it
Homemaking and motherhood are hard. There are days and even seasons when the monotony can feel palpable as we change one more diaper, wash one…
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ParentingA word for a new mother…as given at her first baby shower
I feel singularly ill-equipped to offer an exhortation on motherhood at a baby shower to anyone, but especially to you Victoria, for a couple of…
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ParentingGel-Pen faith
Not too long ago a young woman was over at my house for some reason that I cannot remember. Now on a typical day at my…
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AssortedRemembering the head nurse and other people
Hope deferred, Proverbs 13:12 says, makes the heart sick. There are none who know this better than those who have hoped for a child month…