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Apr 22, 20224 min read
Working Mom Hurdles Son’s Hurling Episode
Emmaus, Pennsylvania—For one local mother, last Wednesday began much like any other day. Laura, a single mom of three children ages 2, 4,...
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Jun 14, 20214 min read
A Letter to My Kindergarten Graduate
On your first day of daycare as a seven-week-old baby, I didn’t cry. Not when I handed you over to a near-stranger, or when I got back...
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Mar 19, 20214 min read
Sometimes, It Takes a Mess
Like most kids, my childhood bedroom was rarely neat and tidy. I viewed my room as nothing more than a container for my things and a...
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Sep 22, 20193 min read
Logan's Story
Logan's birth story started out nearly identical to Gracie's, but it turned out to be day to night different.
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Sep 13, 20195 min read
Gracie's Story
Birth stories are my favorite. It doesn’t matter the type of birth—home, hospital, drug-free vaginal, scheduled c-section, surprise...
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Jun 14, 20196 min read
Camera Roll
We have a “secret” family recipe for chocolate chip cookies. It’s taped to the inside of a cabinet in my parents’ house, and a picture of...
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Apr 19, 20195 min read
Just You Wait
I sit in a hospital bed cradling Gracie, my first baby. I’m nearly delirious with exhaustion, but she’s awake again and screaming loudly...
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Apr 3, 20195 min read
A Sleep Story
“Yah-yah-yah-yah-yah,” my freshly minted one-year-old babbles to himself as he flops around on my bed. He’s like a puppy spinning circles...
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Sep 4, 20182 min read
Baby on My Chest
Your small body is draped across my torso; your limbs hanging off my sides. You pick up your head in discomfort only to slam it back down...
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Jul 25, 20182 min read
Separated
“We’ll give her a cocktail of medicine before we take her back.” the anesthesiologist told me. “It will relax her, make her a little...
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Apr 6, 20183 min read
Give & Take, Guilt & Grace
"Mommy," my toddler daughter's voice squeaks, "I got you a present!" I look down at her twig-like two-year-old frame to accept the...
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