Current Events Motherhood
I Don't Want to Have it All. I Just Want Variety.
I don't want to have it all. I just want variety — and the wisdom to find happiness in that way station between too little and too much.
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Feeling Guilty for What I'm Not
Motherhood has a way of magnifying every inadequacy. I'm learning to celebrate the gifts God gave me instead of drowning in guilt over the woman I'm not.
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Raising Children is Like Writing Stories
A day of field reporting reminded me how much I love journalism — and revealed that the skills of chasing a story aren't so different from the work of raising children.
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I Write, Therefore I Am
Writing 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.
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The World, and Not Enough Time
A 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.
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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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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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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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