One of the most common things I hear from women when I ask if they’d like to share their story on M2M is, “but I don’t have an exciting story. Who would want to hear about my life?” I always respond that their story doesn’t need to be a show-stopper; it just has to be […]
Living in the Shadow of Being a Birth Mother
In honor of birth mother’s day on 5/9 and Mother’s Day on 5/10, I wrote a guest post for the Portland Moms Blog. I am a wife of ten years, and stay-at-home mother to three little ones under eight. From an outsider’s perspective, I appear to be just an average Christian church-going, minivan-driving, play date-attending […]
He Had Me At Thank You – Guest Post by Mary from Passage Through Grace
Motherhood is a story of opposites – of ups and downs, heartache and joy, hurry ups and slow downs as well as many beginnings followed by ends. Motherhood is a series of snapshots that blur together in fast forward until one day after you’ve blinked you realize your babies are taller than you and all […]
When You Have No Clue How to Parent Well – Guest Post from Amy Dalke
I stared blankly back at the newborn nurse, who held a tiny diaper out for me; and it took her a moment to register that I didn’t have the slightest clue how to perform the task that she asked of me. “Um, I don’t know how to do that, ma’am. Could you show me?” So […]
Wherever They Are in the World, Mothers Are Still Mothers – Jessica’s Story
Last Friday morning I left my children with my husband and jumped in the car with a friend to drive to a larger city nearby for a girls’ day. We were excited to seek out all the best super markets in hopes of finding chocolate chips, brown sugar, nice cuts of meat, and boxed macaroni […]
Love, Loss and Being a Stepmother – Toni’s Story
I can remember being eight years old and wrapping up our eight pound puppy in a blanket and carrying her around. I would put her in a stroller and push her around the house, which my brothers made fun of me for doing. I always loved children, babies being my favorite, and wanted some day […]
Don’t Give Up, Mama: Guest Post for Creative Home Keeper
It would be so easy to give up. To throw in this towel of motherhood and let someone else fight my domestic wife and mommy battles. The world tells me that I am not enough if I am just a mom. That I could be more productive and more valuable to society if I spent […]
Honesty – Reposted with Permission from Dalas at Crunchy Lutheran Mommy
So many people have told me that what they love most about my blog, Crunchy Lutheran Mommy, is my honesty. That’s why I haven’t been posting much lately… I haven’t wanted to be honest, not on the blog, not anywhere. And now I feel like I’m in a Dr. Suess rhyme all of a sudden… […]
National Adoption Month Series: StandUpGirl and Love’s Choice
www.standupgirl.com StandUpGirl is a 501(c)3 charitable organization dedicated to providing pregnant or at risk adolescent and young adult women with insight into alternatives to abortion. The mission is to change hearts and save lives by educating young women on the development of the unborn child and alternatives to abortion. Standupgirl.com is a rapidly growing website […]
National Adoption Month Series: Lauren’s Adoptee Story
I was born on August 11, 1985 and adopted by my parents at five days old in Phoenix, Arizona. My birth mom was 19, not ready for a baby and even though my birth dad wasn’t in the picture, she didn’t want him to have any part in raising me, so she chose adoption. I […]