Motherhood
Dads and Motherless Daughters
My dad has been Dad and Mom for almost three decades. Nothing breeds empathy for your parents like becoming one yourself.
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Stories about everything from motherhood, faith, and grief, to classical-Christian education, current events, and the writing life.
Wellness
Suicide Isn't Selfish
Sipping tea from my Kate Spade wedding china the morning after her death, I'm reminded: we owe it to ourselves and the rising generations not to write off suicide as selfish.
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How Do U.S. Schools Help International Students Launch Their Futures?
From Mount Holyoke to the University of Dayton, U.S. colleges are going to great lengths to help international students launch careers — even as the climate for graduates from abroad grows trickier than ever.
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Why Classical-Christian Schooling?
A disappointing experience with our public school led us to classical-Christian education, where grammar, logic, and rhetoric shape our children's minds — and their faith anchors the whole endeavor.
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How Journalism Can Defuse the Shame of Mental Illness
When Vogue magazine covers postpartum anxiety, it's progress. In a world frequently ashamed of mental illness, our words carry great weight — powerful enough to defuse the shame.
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Book Review: Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly's debut novel masterfully weaves fiction and history to illuminate Ravensbrück, Hitler's only all-women concentration camp — a place I never knew existed until I turned these pages.
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Finding God in My Postpartum Fire
A complicated birth, dark intrusive thoughts, and the absence of my mom hurled me into a postpartum furnace — but like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, I was not alone in the fire.
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Home for Christmas
Chicago is my home — not because I was born here, but because it shaped me. At Christmastime, the city glows at least five times brighter, and there is no place I would rather be.
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Goodreads Giveaway: When Postpartum Packs a Punch
Goodreads is giving away free copies of my debut book on postpartum depression. Enter for a chance to win.
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Affliction + Hope
Affliction breeds the strongest hope. We may not realize it while stuck in the mire, but it is there we build the strength that will one day bolster others.
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Grieving Well
Losing a baby is a tragedy that demands to be addressed. Grief is a lifelong process, but we have an amazing capacity for healing — to get stronger, rebuild, and help others along the way.
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Who They Were
She was 46. He was 47. They both left the floor before the music stopped — but I dance on, inspired by my mother's resilience and my brother's strong character.
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