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  • Dear First-Time Mom: 4 Things You Need to Hear

    Dear First-Time Mom: 4 Things You Need to Hear

    April 10, 2024
    Motherhood

    Your body, if you carried and gave birth to your child, is tired and healing, and your hormones are all over the place. If your experience was that of surrogacy or adoption, you are not exempt from the mental and emotional challenges that come with caring for a new life. Give yourself grace and recognize…

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  • 3 Ways I’m Raising a Kind and Empathetic Child

    3 Ways I’m Raising a Kind and Empathetic Child

    April 2, 2024
    Gentle Parenting

    I believe there is nothing more valuable to teach our children than to be kind. Kind to others and kind to themselves. The way we, as parents and caregivers, speak to our children will become their inner monologue. And how we treat our children will eventually be how they treat others. I’m no expert and I’ll…

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  • It Takes a Village

    It Takes a Village

    March 24, 2024
    Community

    We, as a people, are not meant to live life without companionship. I am not talking about spouses; I am talking about friends. The friends who meet you right where you are. The friends who do life right alongside you. Jennie Allen says “We’re not meant to learn alone. Or to work alone. Or to…

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My name is Traci, owner and writer of The Joy Diary. Based in Louisville, Ky.

Mother + Wife + Friend + Christian Finding Joy in the Mundane

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