Current Events Motherhood
Marriage, Interrupted?
After 13 years at home with four children, my cousin Laura has found that the biggest emotional hurdle of stay-at-home motherhood isn't identity — it's the strain on her marriage.
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Current Events Motherhood
From Full-Time Corporate Lawyer to Full-Time Mom
When my friend Laura left her high-powered law career to stay home, she lost the identity she'd spent years building — and discovered a richer, more expansive definition of herself.
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Work, Guilt, and Feeling Like a 'Real Mom'
A full-time teacher and mother of two reflects on the guilt that shadows every school event she misses — and how volunteering in her sons' classrooms is the only time she feels like a real mom.
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Modern Motherhood: Is Freedom its Own Trap?
A highly educated generation of mothers has more choices than ever — and more stress. The emerging wisdom: you can have it all, just not all at once.
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When I Have Fears
My son's birth left my body broken and my mind reeling with post-traumatic thoughts. As I approach my daughter's delivery, I'm learning to hand my deepest fears to the only One who can wrestle them to the ground.
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A Conversation with Jerry Jenkins
Best-selling author Jerry Jenkins reminded our writing group that a good book idea can ripen with age, that family comes first, and that great writers never stop learning.
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An Emotional Walk of Faith
The identity shift from career woman to new mother felt like a door slamming shut on my old life. It took time — and faith — to discover that where I was didn't have to define who I am.
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A Mother Lost, a Mother Born
Losing my mother at 15 left a grief I carried into every milestone. Becoming a mother myself reopened the wound — and, unexpectedly, began to heal it.
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Report Ranks Norway as Best Country for Mothers
Save the Children ranks Norway the best place to be a mother and the U.S. a dismal 31st — a wake-up call about maternal mortality, child health, and America's stingy maternity-leave policies.
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The Privilege of Pregnancy
Insensitive comments about weight, body changes, and bleak predictions nearly eclipsed the joy of my first pregnancy. Carrying life is a privilege — not an invitation for unsolicited negativity.
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Learning to Revel in a Loss of Control
Motherhood dismantled my carefully managed to-do lists — and taught me that God's timing, not my own sense of control, is the safest place to land.
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Staying Smart About Online Learning
As online learning surges into K-12 classrooms, parents and educators must weigh its promise against the irreplaceable social skills children develop face to face.
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