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Dear Son, I Love When You Hold My Hand

Parenting isn’t a thankless job though it feels like one most of the time. There is no paycheck or instant gratitude, no one really tells us…

I’m scrubbing the last of the dinner dishes while you sit out on the porch. Sunlight is trading places with nightfall, and you’re savoring every…

This sweet little guy. Today, he wasn’t having it. And, to be totally honest, it frustrated me. I was trying to be the adult and know better and…

If I say no, you say yes. If I turn the water off, you insist it be turned back on. If I say whisper, you somehow just get louder. …

In these little years, time goes by so fast. The hours, though, have a way of dragging on. Sometimes, I forget to take mental pictures, to…

I need more time. Eighteen months. Eighteen long, and I mean, VERY long months with my son so far. Staying home and spending 15 hours a day playing…

I tear open the packet and twist my arm around the seat, waving the fruit snacks inches from her scowling face. “Here you go,” I say,…

The tears marched angrily down her cheeks as she sat on the kitchen stool, wailing. “Nooooooo! I want !!!” “You want…raisins?” I…

“Mom, can you open it?” My daughter held out a container of mandarin oranges to me from across the kitchen counter. “Sure,” I answered,…

You see the soft white bristles just poking from the pillow’s edge. “A feather, give it a pull,” I say, and your eyebrows raise with the…

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