Motherhood
Happy Mother's Day
The legacy of motherhood reaches far beyond the blink of our years here on earth — a truth Walt Chantry captured beautifully, and one that reminds me of my own mom.
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Our Anchor, Our Hope: Why Classical-Christian Education Makes All the Difference
Classical-Christian education is more than a schooling model — it's an anchor for the soul, equipping children with virtue, deep thinking, and an unshakable foundation in Christ.
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To Begin Again
The first day of school reveals a brand-new stage where unseen possibilities begin to dance. Parenthood is about dual-states — a constant embracing and letting go.
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One Cool Dad
A year after my dad's passing, I discovered old Army photos of a well-dressed dandy I barely recognized — and came to see the cool guy he was before parenthood shaped him into the alpha-male who built tank engines and made chicken soup.
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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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When Postpartum Packs a Punch
Parenthood is paradox from the beginning — miraculous and grueling. When postpartum illness strikes, story and shared suffering become our most powerful antidotes.
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Hitch Your Wagon to a Star
After I told my kids to hitch their wagons to a star, my 5-year-old grabbed a grown-up book on mindful writing and my 8-year-old reached for a tome on Ancient Rome. Maybe Emerson is sinking in.
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Retroactive Grief
Watching friends send their children to college stirs a grief I didn't expect — mourning not just my mother, but the tears she never got to cry for me.
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On Being a Mom Without a Mom
Motherless mothering is its own wilderness. Without my mom's roadmap, I've had to define motherhood for myself — and teach my children about a grandmother they'll never know.
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When a Mom Dies Young
Hearing the story of a young mother dying from breast cancer stirred my deepest fear: that my motherless history could repeat itself, and my babies would navigate this world without me.
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Clover's Toys
My 4-year-old discovered how functional his pants are — and used them to smuggle a puppy's chew toys out of the pet store.
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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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The Bright One
I finally learned the gender of the baby I lost between my two children — a girl. Naming her Lena Karen gave her a wholeness that grief alone could never provide.
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A Time for Everything
On my son's third birthday, I returned to the Chicago neighborhood where he was born and reflected on how motherhood dismantled my old life — and slowly built a new one.
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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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Motherhood: It's About Rhythm, Not Balance
We chase balance like a unicorn we'll never catch. What new mothers really need is rhythm — a grace-filled way of moving through each unbalanced season of life.
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Doing What Requires the Most Faith
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.
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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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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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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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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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