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 …
Five “Sensible” Ways to Show Your Friends (and Yourself) Kindness
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 …
Choose Vulnerability
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 …
Finding Friendship in Unlikely Places
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 …
Gathering Together
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 …
Waste More Paper
I received the sweetest handwritten note from a friend in the mail today. A letter. In my mailbox. Written on real paper. With real ink. And really messy penmanship. Who would have thought the simple combination of paper and ink …
How to Help a Friend through a Hard Time
I had a plan. When I was 26, I knew exactly how my life was supposed to go. I knew where my husband and I would live and how many children we would have. I had a blueprint for my …
What Would You Do?
“It’s all downhill from here. I’m working my way right out of this job.” I thought sadly to myself as my preschooler began to chatter about starting kindergarten in the coming year. I sighed quietly and offered her a weak …
Favorite Friend Dates
Friendship. I love that word. It embodies so many memories and makes me grin, ear to ear, thinking about all the friends who define what friendship is to me. I know you have those people in your life as well. …
What I Want My Daughters to Know About Girlfriends
I have a wish list of sorts for my four daughters. The things I want for them as they walk through life. And right at the top of that list is girlfriends. The kind that make you laugh until you …
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