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1st Grader Picks Out Green Dress for Picture Day—The Results Leave Mom Cry-Laughing

“This is the story of a little girl’s love of a green dress, a mother who tries to instill independence, and how those two things came together in the most epic and brilliant combination possible."

Student’s Humble Plea to Teacher at the Bottom of His Test Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons

"This note gave me so much hope. Let us all be a little more like this young man!!"

Ashleigh Beaver

Ashleigh is a writer and blogger from Winston Salem, North Carolina. She is a wife to her high school sweetheart and mother to two toddlers under two. Ashleigh experienced multiple miscarriages and secondary infertility after the birth of her two miracle babies. It has become her passion to encourage and empower other women through their journeys as the matriarch and the maid of their homes. Connect with her on Instagram or Facebook.

No One Is Living the Life They Post on Social Media. I’m Living Proof.

Wow, maybe all of the social media accounts that I scroll through with envy really are just like me. Maybe the mom in heels doesn't actually wear heels every day. Maybe the couple who just celebrated twenty happy years of marriage also had a few downs to go with all those ups. Maybe the gentle parenting crunchy mom has also lost her ish a time or two with her children.