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{YML Voices} I Knew I Was A Mom When…The Ultrasound Showed Two Heartbeats

{YML Voices} I Knew I Was A Mom When…The Ultrasound Showed Two Heartbeats

by Wynter Pitts It’s one of the most memorable days of my life. I sat looking out of the window with a blank stare on my face and it felt like I was living inside of a silent movie scene, except it wasn’t quiet.   Somewhere in the distance I could hear a mixture of my [...]

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{YML Voices} 5 Things I Learned from Being a Teenage Mother

{YML Voices} 5 Things I Learned from Being a Teenage Mother

by Franchesca Lane-Warren I remember like it was yesterday. I was locked in a stall in my dorm bathroom anxiously awaiting the results of my pregnancy test. As I closed my eyes I thought, “Could I really be going through this?” Just months earlier, I had left my small town as the first person in my [...]

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Damn, I’m Tired

Damn, I’m Tired

What about you? Are you tired? Do you curse your alarm clock when it goes off in the morning? Do you hate the fact that you have to wake up when it’s still so dark outside? Do you promise yourself that THIS will be the night you go to bed early, but then you drag [...]

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Accepting (And Loving) The Chaos

Accepting (And Loving) The Chaos

My kitchen is always dirty. Always. No matter if I clean as I go while I’m cooking dinner, or if I put the dishes in the dishwasher before I go to bed, or if I clear off the counter before I start cooking. It just stays a mess. And I’ve given up, really, trying to [...]

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VIDEO: “Life Is Not Over”

VIDEO: “Life Is Not Over”

This is why I love the YML community. One of the fabulous mamas left this video on the Facebook page (join the conversation if you haven’t already!) In it, a vlogger gets a question from a viewer who wants to know if she should keep her baby, at 19 and pregnant. Check out her response [...]

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