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March 7, 2024

Never Perfect: Finding More Joy, and Less Guilt, As a Mom

Never Perfect: Finding More Joy, and Less Guilt, As a Mom
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Leslie and her husband Duncan have raised six kids on two remote islands in Alaska. She shares her journey from perfect mother, to fishing-crew mother, to embattled mother, to happy “good-enough” mother who discovers the power of true love.

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