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On the anniversary of my friend’s son’s death

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I sent you a bowl of black stones because of the hardness of loving a child for exactly who he is. By Brianne DeRosa

January 24, 2019 Obstacles

Why I took out my perfectly healthy implants

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I imagined my three daughters coming to me, full of their own insecurities, trying to explain they are beautiful the way they are, my fake boobs staring them down. By Katherine Prince

January 23, 2019 Obstacles, Persistence

Adopting older children and the transition to the empty nest

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I wanted to believe that bringing teenagers into our life would make it easier to let them go. I was wrong. By Meredith Gordon Resnick

January 16, 2019 Family, Obstacles

The ties that bind: coming to terms with my child’s gender

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I saw him as I thought he was, an elegant young man for whom I could buy something expressly male. How wrong I was. By Penny Wolfson

January 10, 2019 Obstacles

My son’s recovery under the light of the moon

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This has become our routine: reliving each event point by point, trying to trigger a memory. By Amy Roost

January 7, 2019 Family, Obstacles

Motherwell’s most popular posts of 2018

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Motherwell publishes on all aspects of the parenting experience—from the poignant to the humorous to the thought-provoking. Here are our most-read original pieces from 2018.

December 10, 2018 Culture, Family, Obstacles, Persistence

The day I stopped trying to make my father happy

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Dad never had to say he disapproved of my upcoming marriage. It was clear from everything he did. By Elizabeth Margaret Newdom

December 6, 2018 Persistence

I had a miscarriage. This is my story.

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If my belly was round and full of baby, would I hate my body less? This body that betrayed me. By Brittany Wren

December 3, 2018 Obstacles

21 hard things about motherhood my son might never know

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When he was two, I spent mornings stuffing tubes of penne with scrambled eggs to trick him into eating something other than pasta. By Marianna Marlowe

November 29, 2018 Obstacles

The college application process: how to make sense of it all

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College counselor and admissions expert, Sara Harberson, offers valuable insight into the nitty gritty of the application process.

November 28, 2018 Culture, Family

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