Stories about everything from motherhood, faith, and grief, to classical-Christian education, current events, and the writing life.
A hospital tour sent me spiraling back to my son's traumatic birth. As my daughter's arrival nears, I'm learning that the path requiring the most faith is exactly where God wants me.
Read moreWriting is how I make sense of the world, and the pain of my son's traumatic birth is what set me on a new path — using journalism to honor God and help other women through motherhood's hardest seasons.
Read moreThe final weeks of pregnancy are a slog of crushed lungs, swinging hormones, and relentless monotony — but inside the discomfort, a daughter is coming to life, and she is worth every ache.
Read moreA press secretary and mother of two young girls shares the daily struggle of being perpetually on call — at work and at home — and wishing for more time to simply enjoy her children.
Read moreAfter 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.
Read moreWhen 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreMy 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.
Read moreBest-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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreLosing 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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