By Elizabeth Ascik To My Son at 12
My son, you are 12 years old. You are a young boy in the last days before you become a…
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He’s Slowly Walking Away with Footprints As Big As Mine
The true measure of a mother’s love is her willingness to wake up before the sun on vacation. On a…
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By Laura Costea Dear Son, Raising You Right Is Worth It
You were the baby who slept nights. You were the infant who quietly stacked blocks one on top of the…
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By Amy Martin I Look at My Teen Son and See All of Our Yesterdays
Looking at my 13-year-old in the car today, I saw what’s become the norm lately. Blonde, alpaca-like hair hanging in…
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A Mother Spends Her Life Letting Go
Checking in—it’s what mothers do, or what I do anyway. I stand nose to chin with Miles and Gabriel, my…
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By Her View From Home Donna Kelce Is Living the Boy Mom Dream: Her Two Sons Will Face Off in the NFL’s Biggest Game
How many millions of brothers have grown up playing football against each other in their backyards? It's impossible to know,…
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One Day He’ll Love Another Woman More than He Loves Me
To Benjamin, my 16-month-old son, I am everything. I am the first person that boy looks for when he wakes…
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By Harmony Vuycankiat You’ll Never Know Just How Much I Love You
My firstborn son is a senior in high school this year. I don’t even know how I feel about that.…
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I Was Meant to Be a Boy Mom
When you're a little girl, you dream of the day you can pass all your Barbies and dolls on to…
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Dear Future Daughter-in-Law, I Hope We’ll Be Close
Dear future daughter-in-law, My son loves you enough to want to spend the rest of his life with you. That’s…
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The Gentle Ache of Watching These Years Fall Away
My son got a haircut today, and when he got up from the stylist’s chair I almost cried. The stylist…
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By Megan Kewaza May We Raise Sons Who Are More than Kind
I want to raise him to be a man who speaks the truth in love. Who is kind when he…
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