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To the Stranger Who Gave My 3-Year-Old a Bracelet in the McDonald’s Bathroom

"You heard me tell her we had a long drive home and she needed to use the potty. You heard her tell me she was scared the toilet would flush while she was sitting on it."

Daughter’s “Pootergirl” Costume for Picture Day Goes Viral After She Rejects Dad’s Outfit Choices

"She walked up, looked over each of her choices, turned and said ‘POOTERGIRL!’ and well…I couldn’t argue with that answer...”

Dad Breaks Down as 2-Yr-Old Daughter Is Denied Entry on Plane— Woman Points at Toddler & Says “I Wanna Buy Her Ticket”

"He stepped aside and tried to make a few calls. Hugging his daughter and grabbing his head, you could tell he was heartbroken. This woman next to him at the front counter heard the whole thing."

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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."

Photo of Dad & Grandpa Just Watching Toddler Throw Tantrum in Whole Foods Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons

"This post is about one thing and one thing only. Being comfortable in the uncomfortable."

White Mother Gives Birth to Three Black Babies, And Her Husband’s Reaction Is Absolutely Beautiful

"There will always be the older white woman in Walmart who stared at us with sheer disgust, or the African-American mother who looked at us and just shook her head.”

To the Mama at Preschool Dropoff Who’s Always 2 Minutes Late

"It is not even 9 a.m. and you have let them win. Your eyes are emotionless. You are just going through the movements. Survival mode. I know what you are thinking..."

Dear Mom, It’s Not Cute

"We dress our tiny tots in shorts that cut into their rear and post on social media funny videos of them dancing like an adult pop star. We laugh and laugh as they twerk, but it’s not cute. Not to me."

Dear Mom, Jesus Wants You to Chill Out

Mamas, it's time you learn your real job description. And it's not what you think...

Your Kids Should Not Be the Most Important People in the Family

"Once upon a time in the United States of America, children were second-class citizens, to their advantage."

I Gave My Body Away, And That’s OK

"To give away one’s body on behalf of another needy soul. No, I will never get my body back."

Mom Tells Doctors to Inject Drug in Son That Killed 24 Out of 25 Kids—Then Says “Everything’s Gonna Be Ok, Son”

"I would pray every night that I wouldn’t wake up in the morning. I just wanted God to take me.”

Here Comes the Sun: The Thing About Praying Specific Prayers…

So as the girls expressed the same desire as me for sunshine, I called them over to pray about it with me. As we looked out the window at the gray sky and down at my phone at an even gloomier forecast we prayed...