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Mother Tongue

Mandy Arioto October 30, 2017 essentials

Ever since I became a mom, I developed what I refer to as a mother tongue. I call every kid that enters my house, “Love,” I utter compilations of words that I never would have imagined go together like, “Don’t …

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Starring Sick Mom

Anonymous October 23, 2017 honestly

Modern medicine didn’t cure me.  Treatment followed a few years after I was diagnosed, but instead of turning me back into a healthy, energetic person, it left me (not to mention my family) traumatized and disappointed.  Since then I’ve lived …

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Soul Mates

Ashley Lande October 20, 2017 Uncategorized

“Dad, do you believe in soul mates?” I asked. His eyebrows raised behind the paper he was reading. “Well …” he began. His fingers drummed a nervous rhythm on the tabletop. My dad’s hands were always moving, either pushing back …

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Permission to Dream

Ashley Lande October 3, 2017 honestly

For years, it was the longing that had no name, the longing that I wouldn’t allow myself to name. Denied, it took on ugly shapes. She must be exhausted, I would think when I saw a woman with three or …

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Airborne

Jacodien Vreugdenhil October 1, 2017 honestly

My phone pings. A text from my husband. He is back in Austin, Texas for work. He writes how good it is to be back. Austin, the place we used to call home and where I collected so many precious …

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Give Yourself Permission

Sonya Spillmann September 29, 2017 honestly

For six warp-speed hours every week, my youngest son is in preschool. He’s been my constant companion for the last four years, so I’m protective of this time alone. I typically start adding to my “Next Preschool Day” agenda before …

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Join the Conversation

Christen Bell September 24, 2017 honestly

A widow, a cancer-survivor and a mother of three with only two she can hold, sing to and rock to sleep – these are the women that MOPS introduced me to at my first meeting. My table was lively, bold …

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Permission to Feel What I Feel

Sarah LeMonte September 22, 2017 honestly

Small talk is a curious thing. It is often thought rude not to engage in small talk with strangers, but we rarely strengthen relationships or open ourselves up when we do so. I especially struggled with small talk following the …

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Relevé

Heather Pegors September 20, 2017 honestly

I remember sitting in the butterfly pose on the gym floor of the elementary school. I was wearing a pink leotard with a floral diamond embellishment on the chest and a pink tutu circled my 4-year-old waist. It was my …

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On Telling the Stories We’re Too Afraid to Share (And How It Can Deepen Friendships- and Hope)

Erin Odom September 18, 2017 honestly

We met in church nursery – or at least that’s where we reconnected after a nearly two-decade hiatus. Eliza* and I had known each other as acquaintances in childhood, but when our family moved back to my hometown when I …

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