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A stranger’s gift to me in the Phoenix airport

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It occurred to me that I would have to live with this lifeless body—my baby—inside me for the next four days. By Sarah Gundle

June 3, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Watching Bridgerton with my daughter was worth the embarrassment

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Viewing the show together became a rite of passage for both of us. By Lori Tucker-Sullivan

January 27, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Making toffee at the holidays with the woman I never knew

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As I open my fifth holiday season as a single woman and a mother of three, I watch the butter and sugar vanish into one another again. By Samantha Shanley

December 10, 2020 Family

What the women in the waiting room are thinking

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Every fertility journey is different. You never really know what somebody else is going through. By Amy Klein

April 9, 2020 Books, Family

Motherwell talks to best-selling author Eve Rodsky

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Eve Rodsky’s book Fair Play presents a hands-on, systematic solution to how to share the division of labor at home.

March 15, 2020 Books, Culture

After the baby, a marriage lost then found

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We would take a million pictures of our child but none of us. Forget to schedule date nights because we never needed them before. By Elizabeth Newdom

September 5, 2019 Culture, Family

Poetry | Housewife

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“You’re a different person,” my husband said. This was years ago now. Thank god he was right. By Samantha Shanley

August 13, 2019 Parenting Challenges

To my absent dad on Father’s Day, with love

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My father was an every-other-weekend dad, then a once-a-summer dad and, finally, a phone-it-in dad. Then we lost touch. By Stephen J. Lyons

June 12, 2019 Parenting Challenges

How to rekindle love after kids? Try fresh limes.

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Our married life was no longer comfortable. There was no indulgence, no whispered promises of sweet dessert. By Hannah Grieco

February 13, 2019 Parenting Challenges

Can my 70-year-old mother find love after loss?

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It had been a long time since I’d heard her laugh. It felt like clouds parting. By Stewart Lewis

November 15, 2018 Parenting Challenges

Last call for one more child

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My plate is full, blessedly so. So why can’t I stop thinking about having another baby? By Daisy Alpert Florin

December 12, 2017 Parenting Challenges

When everything goes wrong, being a good enough mother

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My confidence in myself as a parent, a wife, and a woman were badly shaken. I was a mess. By Diane Pomerantz

October 10, 2017 Parenting Challenges

Showing my children that dreams can change

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The sparks of ambition, even in the middle of life, can become flames. By Sonya Spillmann

October 5, 2017 Culture

I’m the one who got away: an author Q&A

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Motherwell interviews Andrea Jarrell about her debut memoir, which touches on themes of motherhood, desire and vulnerability.

August 22, 2017 Books

The myth of the instant family

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I love my baby, but I miss my relationship with my husband terribly.
By Abigail Rasminsky

August 1, 2017 Family, Parenting Challenges

Learning how to parent together, after the marriage is over

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I had to let go of the idea that I was the only one who could meet my children’s needs.
By Samantha Shanley

June 22, 2017 Parenting Challenges

If I divorce her dad, will she still be family?

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I could not teach my stepdaughter, this girl so quickly becoming a woman, that to stay was always right.
By Katie Gutierrez

June 20, 2017 Parenting Challenges

Separated from my husband, parenting my daughter

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What if our split isn’t the best thing for her? What if it does irreparable harm?
By Robin L. Flanigan

June 19, 2017 Parenting Challenges

The day I realized I’d become an intolerable softball dad

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I needed to embrace the role of supportive parent, to leave the coaching to my daughter’s coaches. But I just couldn’t do it. 
By Keith Landry

June 16, 2017 Family, Parenting Challenges

Call our division of labor old-fashioned, I call it practical

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For now, what I hope my kids see is that family life is a team effort. We may run different plays than other families, but we’re only interested in the home field win.
By Ann Cinzar

July 5, 2016 Culture

This is your crappy childhood

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I can’t help feeling sad for all the things I imagined his childhood to be, but now know it won’t.
By Zsofia McMullin

May 1, 2016 Family, Parenting Challenges
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