It Truly Takes a Village Haylee (Daughter) I’ve come to really realize the importance of those you keep in your corner. Those that show up, time and time again, no matter what – and not just for you, but for your family, especially your children. Those that drop off a meal when you’re postpartum and […]
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The Songs That Somehow Know What We Need Therese (Mom) Have you ever been driving in your car, cleaning the house, making dinner, or simply going about an ordinary day when a song comes on and suddenly you aren’t where you were five seconds ago? Maybe you’re sixteen again. Maybe you’re falling in love. Maybe
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Built-Up Stress: Working Out as a Release Tori (Daughter) Sometimes my stress level builds up so much that it feels like there is nowhere for it to go. Between responsibilities, emotions, overthinking, and everyday problems, it can become exhausting carrying everything around mentally. Working out has literally become one of the best ways for me
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How Do I Want to Feel Tomorrow? Learning What My Body Needs to Heal Therese (Mom) For most of my life, I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about what food was actually doing inside my body. I ate because I was hungry, because something tasted good, because we were celebrating, or because I
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What I Wish I Could Tell My 20 Year Old Self Therese (Mom) If I could sit down with my 20-year-old self for just a few minutes, I wouldn’t tell her to worry more about her weight or spend more time trying to look a certain way. I wouldn’t tell her to chase a smaller
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Finding Myself Through Prayer After a Breakup Tori (Daughter) Moving forward after a breakup has been one of the hardest things I have had to do. When you spend so much time loving someone and imagining a future with them, it can be difficult to remember who you were before the relationship. For a while,
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Choosing Joy Over Anger Haylee (Daughter) Since being back home, I’ve told my story countless times to countless people; recalling the events and feelings over the last couple months and anticipating the unknown of what comes next. There are days when I feel like that’s all I ever talk about, which definitely has its ups
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A Mother’s Prayer: Put It in God’s Hands Therese (Mom) There are moments in life that forever change the way we see the people we love. For me, that moment came as I stood beside my grown daughter in a hospital room, praying she would survive. It wasn’t only fear that overwhelmed me. It was
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The Quiet Power of Journaling Tori (Daughter) Journaling has become such a safe place for me. When my thoughts are constantly racing, emotions feel confusing, or I can’t fully explain what I’m going through to another person, writing gives those feelings somewhere to exist. Sometimes I don’t even realize how much I have been holding
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Til’ Death Do Us Part: Who You Marry is Important Haylee (Daughter) Growing up my dad would always tell me that I would never find someone who loved Pauly Shore as much as I did. I think one summer I watched BioDome over 20 times because it was on constantly thanks to HBO. Well, fast
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