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Mothering by Heart: The Golden Moments

This morning I woke at 5:45am. The house was silent. Outside our open window the doves began to coo. I blinked, rolled over and then I remembered. I have treasure tucked away in the guest room downstairs. Both of my grown baby birds and their spouses are here. For the first time since we moved [...]

 

Mothering by Heart: Three Things I Did Right as a Mother

Every mother can easily come up with a list of things she did wrong. I wrote about three of my foibles yesterday. What’s more difficult for a mother of any age is to come up with a list of things she did right and feel confident enough to quietly own that list. In an effort [...]

 

Mothering by Heart: Three Mistakes I Made as a Mother

I bumbled my way through motherhood. Thankfully, my older sister was two babies into the adventure before our first little miracle arrived. She enlightened me on a few unsubstantiated but apparently common knowledge basics such as, “You don’t have to boil that pacifier before putting it back in his mouth.” “I don’t? Then what I [...]