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This letter from a mother to adopted daughter on her wedding day will make you cry and rejoice at the same time! (At the end of this post I’ve included some of my favorite inexpensive gift ideas for your daughter on her special day.) My life changed when I decided in 2008 to courageously share our adoption story. It wasn’t a… Read More
In this heart wrenching post, a bio and adoptive mom answers every parent’s question. Do you love your adopted child as much as your biological one? Recently on a Facebook post I received the following comment. I find it difficult to get past the distinctions in your children: my daughter, my grandson (those ones are really yours), my adopted daughter,… Read More
Does anyone else feel like Mother’s Day is the hardest holiday? Especially if you’re the mom! Torn between being celebrated and honoring your own mother if she’s still alive, sometimes Mother’s Day can be a day of conflict. I celebrated my first Mother’s Day 27 years ago. I know it seems like a cliche, but the years have flown by… Read More
Maybe this Mother’s Day you’re feeling a little sentimental like me, or searching for a purpose in those sleepless nights and endless days of diapers and tantrums. Could it be that the teenage years are wearing thin and you’re wondering if anything you’re doing really matters? Totally unprepared for motherhood 27 years ago, I dove in and have been swimming upstream… Read More
Disclosure: The post First Mothers Day Gift Basket was sponsored by Expressionery.com but all opinions expressed are my own. I remember my first Mother’s Day like it was yesterday……only it wasn’t. It was 27 years ago. I was madly in love with this precious bundle of dainty cuteness named Rachel Faith. I had no idea what I was doing in my newfound… Read More
I remember when I was pregnant with our now 22-year-old son Joshua. I was planning on quitting my job and staying home which would require cutting corners everywhere possible. To help our budget I took the plunge into the wild, unknown world of cloth diapers and got a real education. I loved it. Okay, I loved the fact I was… Read More
Great advice for new dads from a first time father, with everything you need to know to make it through those sleepless first days! Welcome back my daughter Rachel and an especially big welcome to her husband Donny! Let me tell you about my son-in-law. Throughout the courtship/dating process he and Rachel spent a lot of time in our home…. Read More
Thank you to my daughter Rachel for sharing a precious reminder of the beauty of motherhood with “The Day I Fell in Love With my Pregnancy Stretch Marks.” When I became pregnant with our son, Aiden, I was the heaviest I had ever been. I knew it would help to lose a few pounds but my husband thought I was sexy… Read More
A seasoned mom of five shares the five life transforming things she wish she had known as a young mom embracing new motherhood. I am walking through a season of life that is new and exciting yet also terrifying. I am no longer “merely” a stay at home mom. I am a work from home, homeschooling mom of teenagers. I… Read More