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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “girlfriends”

4 Things You Can Ask To Go Deeper

Lydia Mikkael March 11, 2020 self

There is a special kind of loneliness that comes with being a mother, especially of young children. Your life is consumed by the details of their day, leaving little room for you to pay attention to your own. You crave …

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Call for Submissions – January 2020

MOPS International January 2, 2020 Spotlight

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: ongoing Wordcount: 400-800, Word document Submit to: content@mops.org Writer’s Guidelines Humor: Any piece that makes us chuckle Girlfriends: How to make mom friends The mom friend I wish I had Outreach: Fresh ideas on how you reach out …

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On Girlfriends and Coats

Kelsey Lasher December 16, 2019 essentials

I was 18 and preparing for my high school graduation when a friend of our family invited me up the street to her house so she could give me a gift. Actually, a friend of our family is too general …

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How’s the View

Rebecca Wood October 28, 2019 soul care

At a local coffee shop on a recent Saturday morning, I sat at a round table cradling a coffee mug and gabbing with friends. The café buzzed with activity, and our table mirrored the energy of the room. One friend took …

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A MOPS Story: One September Morning

Annie Rim August 23, 2019 honestly

I think my baby girl was about 6 weeks old when I first felt the itch to expand our world beyond the hammock in our backyard. While I loved snuggling my sweet newborn, I knew we needed a community. I …

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10 Ways to Love a Mom Well

The MOPS Team November 8, 2017 essentials

As moms, some of our most isolating and lonely moments have been in the middle of the night nursing the baby, in the grocery story with the toddler melting down into full-blown tantrum mode, or even in our own homes …

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Five “Sensible” Ways to Show Your Friends (and Yourself) Kindness

Aubrey Sampson September 29, 2016 self

Recently, I was flipping through a magazine and stumbled upon a picture of four women. These ladies were posing as best friends — walking barefoot down a picturesque beach while holding goblets of wine, kicking up sand and laughing. Each woman …

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Choose Vulnerability

Elyse Snipes MFT March 23, 2016 honestly

Vulnerability: one of life’s most radical opportunities for immense failure or intense joy. Relationships allow us a choice: to enter in with all that we are, or to cautiously hold ourselves at bay. Subconsciously, or maybe consciously, we evaluate others. Are …

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Finding Friendship in Unlikely Places

Asha Grinnell July 10, 2015 honestly

I don’t know what it is exactly about motherhood that encourages people to dole out unsolicited advice. I’ve been “that mom” in Target too many times, whose child is wailing while a perfect stranger begins sharing their tried-and-true methods for …

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Gathering Together

Mikkee Hall May 16, 2015 we love

When Jules Weidman moved to rural Michigan, a family friend encouraged her to visit a new MOPS group, which happened to meet right across the street from her home. Her past experience at MOPS had been great, but there was …

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