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October 3, 2017
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Permission to Dream
For years, it was the longing that had no name, the longing that I wouldn’t allow myself to name. Denied, it took on ugly shapes. ...
October 1, 2017
Airborne
My phone pings. A text from my husband. He is back in Austin, Texas for work. He writes how good it is to be back. Austin, the pla...
September 29, 2017
Give Yourself Permission
For six warp-speed hours every week, my youngest son is in preschool. He’s been my constant companion for the last four years, so ...
September 27, 2017
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What You Can Learn From Playing With Your Child
Who doesn’t love playing with an infant? We all love peek-a-boo, tickle, and chase games accompanied by bursts of giggles and laug...
September 26, 2017
With Love
Hello Mama, Autumn has officially been ushered in with all things pumpkin-spice running rampant, school routines settling down,...
September 24, 2017
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Join the Conversation
A widow, a cancer-survivor and a mother of three with only two she can hold, sing to and rock to sleep – these are the women that ...
September 22, 2017
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Permission to Feel What I Feel
Small talk is a curious thing. It is often thought rude not to engage in small talk with strangers, but we rarely strengthen relat...
September 20, 2017
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Relevé
I remember sitting in the butterfly pose on the gym floor of the elementary school. I was wearing a pink leotard with a floral dia...
September 18, 2017
On Telling the Stories We’re Too Afraid to Share (And How It Can Deepen Friendships- and Hope)
We met in church nursery – or at least that’s where we reconnected after a nearly two-decade hiatus. Eliza* and I had known each o...
September 15, 2017
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It’s Too Dangerous to Love Myself
My story is not unlike those of countless other postpartum moms: pregnancy changed my body in ways I didn’t expect, and even once ...