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Rules for Mothers of Daughters.
I want to be the very best mother to my daughter. I want to be her best friend, her confidant, and her inspiration. Delaney, these are the rules I vow to follow always. I hope I do well by you, baby...
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Raising a Daughter Series: What I Want to Teach Her.
Delaney is the rose between two thorns. Not to say my boys are thorny per se, but she is most definitely a beautiful flower. I have the gift –and the tremendous responsibility– of being her mother,...
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Raising a Daughter Series (2/5): Lessons on Men.
Don’t miss anything- subscribe to Diapers & Daisies/Sarah Driscoll Photography Blog via email. This is the second post in a series on Raising a Daughter. Please check out Raising a Daughter: What...
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Raising a Daughter Series (3/5): Building Her Confidence.
This post is 3 in a series of 5. Please also see: Raising a Daughter (1/5): What I Want to Teach Her. Raising a Daughter (2/5): Lessons on Men. Raising a Daughter: (4/5): Share with Her. Raising a...
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Raising a Daughter Series (4/5): Share With Your Daughter.
I was originally going to make this fourth post of the “Raising a Daughter Series” about books that would be wonderful to read/share with your daughter. Then, I realized that mother’s share a hell of a...
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Raising a Daughter Series (5/5): Words of the Greats.
I cannot believe that I am even able to fathom my 2 year old baby girl turning into a teenager. Wait. Scratch that. I cannot fathom it. Not one little bit. But, I know that one day she will be all...
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15 Rules for Daughters — of mothers.
My favorite thing in the world about having this blog is connecting with my readers. You guys make it all worth while. Maggie, a mother of two daughters, recently wrote to me in response to my Rules...
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a poem to my darling daughter.
You are beautiful, but I won’t tell you so too often. For those words can be tarnished by the taste of conceit. You are more lovely than a flower but it is internal, both fitting and concrete. You...
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14 Things I Want My Daughter to Know About Becoming a Mother.
One of my greatest goals in life is to become a grandmother someday. Don’t get me wrong, I am in no rush for that day to come. But I do hope that someday, far down the road, I can watch my beautiful...
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8 tips on how to be your daughter’s best friend.
My three year old daughter and I have a love (and language) of our own. Delaney is constantly saying, “Mama, you ma best fend in the ho word I eva see (translation: you are my best friend in the whole...
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what I want to tell my daughter before she goes to preschool
My little girl, Delaney, starts preschool this September. I can still remember the first day I dropped Jackson off at preschool. I did not know it then, but life was changing. He was changing. He...
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WHAT I WANT TO TELL MY DAUGHTER ABOUT HER BODY.
I’ve written about my confidence issues before, but as my daughter grows up and becomes more and more wrapped up in her appearance, I cannot help but wonder if I am making the same mistakes that my...
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My Dearest Delaney: a letter to my daughter.
My Dearest Delaney, I took a photo of you this morning (like I do almost every morning). When I uploaded it onto my computer, I gasped. Sure, technically speaking, it was not the greatest photo I had...
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Life Lessons for Kids.
Just recently I took a photograph of my son Jackson and my jaw dropped when I viewed it on my computer later. He looked so….adult-like. I seriously almost cried. I stared at it for quite awhile and...
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