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While she was hanging on during the last 24 hours of her life, we waited. Her son, my cousin, would update the family when there was something to update. He had started a group chat on Facebook Messenger that included several of us family members. Usually,…
When kids have birthdays, it seems fair to say that moms tend to get sentimental. We think about how our kids are growing so quickly. We realize that childhood is fleeting. We reminisce with sadness because those days are gone. I don’t know any mom who…
So here we are. Clean slate. It’s the start of a new year, a new decade. 2020. One can’t help but think about it when social media feeds have been flooded with reflective posts in the days leading up to today. You know the ones. The…
Sometimes I stare at him when he doesn’t even notice. I examine every detail of his rugged face. A face that speaks a thousand words. Or maybe a million. A face that shows a life well lived. And so much of life yet to live. Sometimes,…
Someone near and dear to me is considering trying to have a baby. She’s 22. And I don’t know if she is ready. It isn’t up to me, obviously, but I wonder if she knows the things that I wish I knew before I became a…
We all know that there is more than one way to approach parenting. We know that some mothers are warm and cuddly. Some are cold and stern. And there are some of every other kind in between. We can choose the rules that our kids must…
When we become mothers, we have a picture perfect dream of how things will be. It begins the moment we test positive for pregnancy. We plan the decor for the nursery. We register for baby shower gifts at Target. We scour over lists of names and…
You're normal. And you're going to be okay. You know what else? There will always be wine. And therapists. And crazy pills. And best friends. And you know what else? That sense of humor. The one thing that we might need to most to survive our own…
I recently returned from a trip across the country to meet my boyfriend’s parents for the first time. He is 50 and I am 47, but we may as well be 19 and 16. The nerves are the same. Will they like me? What if they…
What comes to mind when you hear the word, “birthday?” Messy. Loud. Parties. Sleepovers. Cakes. Candles. Balloons. Decorations. Presents. Wrapping paper. Invitations. Those are things I thought about most when my kids were younger. When my focus was planning birthdays for them. It’s different now. Now,…
