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Motherhood is uniquely experienced by all who have children, be it birth or adoptive mother. You are A MOTHER. No two mothers are the same and no two babies are the same. So understandably, we all go through a phase of trying to figure out what is best for our children. We receive unsolicited advice
I am in my late 50s. You’d think by now I have this whole “Motherhood” thing all figured out. My kids were moving along in school, getting decent grades, graduating… then, BAM! I became a parent to adults. Anyone who thinks they won’t worry about their children after they turn 18 has an eye-opening moment coming.
Anxiety is more than what you think… It’s biting your nails until they bleed, then picking off the skin on your fingers once you’re out of nails to bite. It’s driving to the store only to sit in the parking lot for 20 minutes before turning back around, without even going inside. It’s getting a
When I was a baby at only 6 weeks old, my parents took me in for tummy issues. I got an ultrasound and they randomly found that my ovaries weren’t hooked up right. The doctor at the time felt it would be best to remove them completely. When I was 13 years old, I found
Movies make romantic love look so easy to manage. You fall in love, go on several dates, the next thing you know you’re already engaged, a few moments later you’re married and living happily ever after with the man of your dreams. But in reality, finding the person you want to spend the rest of
Sometimes I feel like I’m not quite cool enough. Sometimes I feel like I’m just not popular enough. Sometimes I feel like I don’t fit in the same way other people do. Sometimes I feel like there is a group who maybe doesn’t really want me there. Sometimes I wonder why I wasn’t invited. Sometimes
Once in your life, I truly believe, you will find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that
Last night I bought a sunflower to put on the windshield of someone I’m smitten with. After some consideration I decided not to since we had only been on one date, the night previous. Don’t want to come off too strong, right? Anyway, I grabbed the flower on my way out this morning with the
We are just enjoying being newly married. We have some travelling we want to do first. I’m just focusing on my career right now. These are just a few of the reasons I used (with a forced smile) to mask what was really going on. I wasn’t always that pleasant. One day I responded with
[This mom writes a powerful letter of gratitude to the nurses who ‘healed’ her, not just the physical wound, but the deeper one that can only be healed by touching someone else’s heart. What they did after the loss of her daughter, it gave her the reason to fight for her own life back. —
On Instagram, we see lots of photos of couples laughing hysterically in each other’s arms. With that, it’s quite easy to assume that all couples are perfectly happy in their relationship. In reality, however, these relationships aren’t as perfect as they look. This raises the question: “why do people stay in bad relationships?” Here are
I ran across an old boyfriend’s picture today. Not just any ole boyfriend, but the one who broke my heart, the one who shattered it into a million pieces, the one I was certain was “the one.” I prayed for him. I waited for him. I loved him. I cried over him. I lost weight
