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    Working Mom Hurdles Son’s Hurling Episode
    • Apr 22
    • 4 min

    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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    A Letter to My Kindergarten Graduate
    • Jun 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    Sometimes, It Takes a Mess
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    Logan's Story
    • Sep 22, 2019
    • 3 min

    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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    Gracie's Story
    • Sep 13, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    Camera Roll
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 6 min

    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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    Just You Wait
    • Apr 19, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    A Sleep Story
    • Apr 3, 2019
    • 5 min

    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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    Baby on My Chest
    • Sep 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    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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    Separated
    • Jul 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    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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    Give & Take, Guilt & Grace
    • Apr 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    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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