Two Years Old Today: A Letter to My Fourth Baby
Four kids, one tiny boy, and a family that fell for him on day one. What I wrote for my youngest, and what his big siblings told me afterward.
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My Week of Saying Something Nice to Strangers
A subway driver, a bakery clerk, a woman in a colorful scarf. Saying something nice to strangers felt way less cheesy than I feared.
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I Fell for My High School Sweetheart All Over Again
He swore he'd let her go. Then his phone gave the old Nokia beep reserved for just one person, and a message that made him go hot and cold.
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Our Surprise Third Baby Is Here, and Sometimes I Regret It
Baby number three is 6 months old and so loved. So why does she sometimes miss the life she had before him? A mom shares what she's too ashamed to say.
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A Year After Neele's Death: How Steffi Ewald Is Doing Now
Neele picked out her baby sister's first romper. Now Steffi is raising two girls while carrying the hole three loved ones left behind.
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My Mom Died of Cancer When My Baby Was 12 Weeks Old. I Miss Her.
Janina meant to call her mom after bedtime. Instead the phone rang first, twelve weeks after her baby was born.
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Our Daughter, 6, Died While Playing in Our Yard: Kitty's Story
How do you tell three children their big sister is gone? Kitty shares the hardest day, and the small rituals that keep her daughter close.
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The Shadow Child: Growing Up Without Feeling Loved
Sandy can't remember her mom ever hugging her. Now she's raising a daughter who knows, every single day, that she is loved.
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I'd Only Have a Third Child if It Were a Girl
She loves her two boys. But the longing for a daughter is so strong she's weighing a clinic abroad. Why won't anyone say this out loud?
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