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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!!"

Tag: Slow Down

2 Words That Will Beat the Fun Right Out of Your Kids

"I watch my young daughters find joy in everything! But we as parents beat that out of them. Not with a hand or belt, but with our words."

Letting Rage Against the Mommy-Machine Go

"I had to let it go. I had to let go of everything that didn’t matter in the great, grand God-scheme of thinking."

Come to the Table

"We live in world of drive-thru, take-out, and fast-food. Fast, fast, fast. We stand up to eat more than we sit. We multitask, eat and run, eat on the fly. We do not come to the table. It simply takes too much time."