Essays

Tell Me How to Keep Her Safe

PerspectiveSonya SpillmannMarch 23, 2022sonya spillmann, growing up, learning to drive, keeping our kids safe Comments

The Keeper of All the Things

PerspectiveC+C Guest WriterMarch 21, 2022stacy bronec, learning to play, the ways we show love, showing love Comments

Rough and Tumble Kind of Love

PerspectiveAdrienne GarrisonMarch 18, 2022adrienne garrison, sibling relationships, siblings Comments

Just Us

AdoptionC+C Guest WriterMarch 16, 2022adoption, hard conversations, compassion Comments

Some Fly Miles for Sweetness

FriendshipC+C Guest WriterMarch 14, 2022erin strybis, friendship Comments

We'll Take the Stumps

PerspectiveC+C Guest WriterMarch 11, 2022becky morquecho, dreams, disappointments Comments

Sometimes It's Just Hard

PerspectiveCallie FeyenMarch 9, 2022callie feyen, self-compassion Comments

Tuning the Wrong String

PerspectiveC+C Guest WriterMarch 7, 2022lorren lemmons, connection, discordance, being present Comments

Evergreen

PregnancyC+C Guest WriterMarch 4, 2022rachel nevergall, depression, pregnancy, winter Comments

Legacy

Storytelling, January BestCara StolenMarch 2, 2022cara stolen, family legacy, januarybest Comments

Incompatible Love

MarriageC+C Guest WriterFebruary 28, 2022love after babies, compatability, growth in marriage Comments

Maybe I Need to Be the One to Change

MarriageC+C Guest WriterFebruary 25, 2022love after babies, exhale contest Comments

Photographs My Husband Takes

MarriageC+C Guest WriterFebruary 23, 2022love after babies, exhale contest Comments

The Crack

MarriageCara StolenFebruary 21, 2022cara stolen, love after babies, honesty Comments

Meet Cute

Marriage, Best of C+CMolly FlinkmanFebruary 18, 2022romance, love after babies, molly flinkman Comments

The Controlled Burn of a Long Marriage

Marriage, Best of C+CSonya SpillmannFebruary 16, 2022sonya spillmann, love after babies Comments

Room Service

Marriage, Miscarriage, Best of C+CAshlee GaddFebruary 14, 2022room service, quiet love, love after babies, ashlee gadd, after miscarriage Comments

Lifting the Lonely

FriendshipC+C Guest WriterFebruary 11, 2022galentines, love after babies, exhale contest, friendship, loneliness Comments

A Stirring Story

Marriage, The Hard Stuff, Best of C+C, January BestMelanie DaleFebruary 9, 2022cancer, recipe, risotto, in sickness, in health, marriage, love after babies, melanie dale Comments

Has Anyone Ever Told You?

The Hard Stuff, MarriageC+C Guest WriterFebruary 7, 2022pornography, porn, addiction, marriage, love after babies Comments