Motherly Stories

Dear son: Wear your rainbow shirt with pride

I want to encourage my son to express pride and allyship, but I also want to shield him from everything else that may come with making a statement in our small town.

Our family has been apart for 13 weeks—here’s what we learned about parenting

Thirteen weeks since I've held my husband's hand. Thirteen weeks since our daughter has hugged her father.

Thank you to my little ones for being patient with me

I am asking them to not be scared or worried about the virus, even though I am every single day.

I’m sending my toddler to daycare for the first time—but I’m not ready

The idea of my son being outside the safety of our house—and isolation—is giving me so much anxiety.

My birth story: Life and loss in one pregnancy

Our maternal-fetal medicine doctor came in suddenly—and I knew that something was wrong.

Let me stay home a little longer, he won’t be this little forever

I love knowing the majority of my time is with him. That when he asks me, "Mommy sit down with me," I can do it and not care about the pile of dishes

5 phrases to help young kids understand the protests for racial justice

I'm a Black mom in the Twin Cities. Here's how I'm talking to my kids about the protests.

Please stop telling burned-out moms to ‘just have a glass of wine’

We're expected to do it all, and then a big glass of wine will make everything better—but we know this isn't true.

Being a toddler mom is so much easier than a newborn mom

I love it because I get to see a glimpse of the person he will be.

I’m not done having kids—and I think about my frozen embryos every day

I have two beautiful, healthy babies after infertility and I think about my nine remaining frozen embryos every single day.

I miss having personal space

My once quiet area, free of distraction and interruption, is now the communal space for all child activities.

To the mamas without moms this Mother’s Day

It's a lonely, raw, heart-wrenching kind of pain to be without her.

Brittany on finding help at the Alexis Joy D’Achille Center for Perinatal Mental Health

"I was listened to. I was recognized and taken seriously."

The moment I became pregnant, I was a mother

Having a subsequent loss doesn't change that.

I miss saying yes

Parenting through a pandemic means So. Much. No.

This is mothering in a pandemic

We are not meant to live in isolation.

Mom, I get it now

And you know what? You are my hero.

I am done living in crisis mode

I would obsess over news reports and death rates and the endless cycle of bad news. I decided—I can't live this way.

This heartwarming music video about motherhood is giving us all the feels

Grab the Kleenex.

Megan on persistently having to beg for help for postpartum depression

"I kept begging the nurse to tell me that I was OK. I kept saying over and over again, “I don’t feel alive. Am I alive?” The nurse kept asking me if I knew that I was repeating that over and over again. I didn’t care though. I didn’t feel like I was in my body. I was so detached from reality and the world around me..."