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I was a mom who couldn’t stop drinking. But then I did.

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I heard the baby crying again, I didn’t get up. I was too hungover. By Victoria Vanstone

May 18, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

Things I am grateful for right now

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We have plenty of coffee in our cupboard. What’s not in bloom has buds, promises, waiting. By Kara Gebhart Uhl

May 1, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

I lost my mother. This is how I know when she’s with me.

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It has to be a single leaf, floating through the sky by itself. Do you have a mom sign? By Kandace Chapple

April 27, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Finding the silver linings in a dark time

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I’m having a good quarantine. Can I say that? By Lauren Apfel

April 24, 2020 Culture

The relentless anxiety of being a single parent right now

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Let your children see you trying. Let them see you cry. By Kaci Curtis

April 8, 2020 Culture, Family

Forgiving myself as a mother, especially now

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My kids are used to my loud, Jewish-mom complaining—but not this unkindness. Not this anxiety-fueled rage. By Hannah Grieco

April 1, 2020 Culture, Family, Parenting Challenges

Motherwell talks to best-selling author Ada Calhoun

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Ada Calhoun gives a voice to middle-age struggles—and empowers a generation of women who were raised to “have it all.”

March 30, 2020 Books, Culture

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

Preparing our kids to thrive in an uncertain world

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When children feel pressured to perform well in the public realm, they have a hard time recognizing what really matters to them. By Dr. Madeline Levine

March 4, 2020 Books, Culture

This is what happened when I came out to my kids

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I told my kids in McDonald’s. Because when you’re about to drop that kind of bomb, really you want them to be eating french fries. By Lauren Apfel

March 2, 2020 Culture

To my friend in need, I’m here for you

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Look up, look around and listen. Here I am. Down the street or a phone call away. By Lisa Michelle

February 26, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Why it’s hard to be a mom and a military spouse

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When Finn took his first steps and my husband was on another continent, I couldn’t help but wonder, “How could you miss this?” By Kaci Curtis

February 13, 2020 Family

Accepting my mom friendships for what they are

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What brings this group of mothers together beyond the common thread of parenthood and our kids’ friendships? By Lauran Bell

February 5, 2020 Culture

Struggling to create a new life after my divorce

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On Friday nights, I would rush through my daughter’s bedtime books, slurring words and skipping full pages. By Shelley Mann Hite

January 14, 2020 Culture

Learning to make my mother’s holiday cookies again

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I ignored her recipe for many years as a way to avoid the loss. By Marcia Kester Doyle

December 12, 2019 Parenting Challenges

When your sister has a miscarriage

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After bursting into tears, you text your brother-in-law: “Sorry, this is awkward, but make sure she doesn’t use a tampon for the bleeding.” By Lorren Lemmons

December 10, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

The Santa myth is hard work and I won’t miss it

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As much as I love Christmas, without Santa I felt only glee and relief at the massive reduction in my December workload. By Michelle Deininger

December 4, 2019 Culture, Family

Meeting my transgender daughter for the first time

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“What did you expect, Mom?” said my kid, laughing now, in her same boy-voice she’s always had. By Joanna Franklin Bell

November 27, 2019 Culture

Perspective | Why I don’t use positive adoption language

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“Birth mom” does not make me feel like a baby machine without feelings, but it does clarify my role in her life. By Adrian Collins

November 25, 2019 Family, Parenting Challenges

Waiting for our family’s adoption to be complete

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What if birth certificates reflected reality? I imagined three spaces, one for our daughter’s biological mother and two for us. By Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser

November 19, 2019 Culture, Family

How much time does it take to make a friend?

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If the secret to friendship is hours logged, mothers of school-age children have a distinct advantage. By Michelle Riddell

November 14, 2019 Culture

How my two very different playgroups saved me

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The truth is I dreaded my Friday playgroup as much as I craved it. I stood apart from the other mothers in ways I couldn’t quite communicate or change. By Laura G. Owens

November 6, 2019 Culture, Family

The importance of tending to friendships

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As parents of older kids, socializing with other moms was apparently no longer part of the job description. By Anne Helena

October 30, 2019 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Accepting my friend’s son when she can’t

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“Ryan,” I say. “If you ever want to play with the girl dolls, we have them. In this house, you can play with whatever you want.” By Ann Wainwright

October 11, 2019 Culture

Helping my son grieve the loss of a friend

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How exactly could I break this news to a kid who already went to bed every night scared of death to the point of tears? By Tanya Mozias Slavin

October 10, 2019 Parenting Challenges

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