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What am I going to say when she asks the hard questions? The questions about this world we are living in. What am I going to say when she asks the same questions that bring me to my knees and leave tears rolling down my cheeks? 

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When the COVID-19 pandemic began, our vision for this pregnancy changed.

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Society may make you feel like there are things you need to achieve to be doing life the “right” way, but life does not come with a rule book.

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Revealing the gender of your baby is an exciting moment for you and all of your loved ones.

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As women, I’d like to believe that many of us are on the same team.

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I wish you could see yourselves through my eyes—your extraordinary strengths, your uniqueness, and your talents that go beyond even your own mind to see.

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My mom and I both feel things like bricks and we barely know the difference between love and pain.

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Don’t tell me that you have never forgotten your mother is your mother. Her skin, yours. Her laugh, yours. Her hair, yours. Her soul, yours.

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In my effort to be obedient, I lost sight of what is truly important to me: what makes me happy, what I am good at, what brings me fulfillment.

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If your mother was anything like mine, then her spirit deserves to be remembered.