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You’ve seen the movie. You’ve read the story. You’ve heard the gossip. It goes something like this… Boy meets girl. They fall in love. They get married. They make babies. A few of them. Life gets busy. Life gets hard. Life gets expensive. Life gets confusing. Boy gets stressed. Girl gets stressed. Boy and girl…
This is a prayer request. A prayer request for any husband who tonight, upon his return from work, asks his SAHM wife what she did all day. This is a prayer request. A prayer request for any wife who tonight, upon her husband’s return from work, forget to hide the eight Amazon packages that were…
To the 20-something-year-old taking a selfie in the driver’s seat of the car behind me: I almost judged you, but then I realized I once was you. When I looked back and saw you adjusting your arm level and camera height and playing with your car’s AC so that when the air hit your hair,…
This one is for the mamas who can hang. You know who you are. You are the ones who should be breaking but refuse to crumble. You are the ones who have or continue to struggle to conceive. You are the ones whose own health took a hit during pregnancy and delivery. You are the…
there once was a girl who knew she could she could because she would she would take every chance dance every dance this girl who knew she could there once was a girl who knew she could then anxiety took over her ‘hood her ‘hood and her brain her courage got stained this girl…
Dear Moms: I know it seems asinine of me to request something of you when I don’t even know you. How dare I, a hard-working mother just like you, issue a humble appeal disguised as a thoughtless demand and expect for you to honor it “just because;” …just because there is a “mom-code” we all…
Ten years ago, I was graduating from a small(ish) Catholic college twenty minutes south of Boston. I was 22 and about to get married and move to Miami to begin law school. Ten years ago, I naively thought, “I’ve made it.” I’ve graduated college. (check!) I’ve secured a husband. (check!) I’ve gotten into law school….
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