You’ll Always Be Mommy’s Little Boy
My dear, sweet firstborn. As the days pass by, your status as an only child is slowly coming to an end. Your daddy and I try to explain to you what…
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My Little Boy is in There Still, I Know it
I remember when my son was born like it was yesterday—a fussy, colicky, jaundiced, heat-rash bundle of baby boy. My baby boy. And I loved him more…
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It Isn’t Easy To Say Goodbye To the Little Boy I Raised
Buried within the correspondence from politicians seeking donations and stores celebrating Labor Day sales, I spot an email from a friend and open it…
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I’m Not Going To Toughen Up My Sensitive Son
“Baby, I need you to stop crying about everything,” I say to my 4-year-old son, followed by a heavy sigh. Another day, another sob fest about…
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They Tell You To Hold the Baby, But No One Warns You How Fast He Grows
They tell you to hold the baby. They tell you that everything else can fall by the wayside. They tell you to forget about your to-do list, because…
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There’s a Little Boy Where My Baby Once Was
Today my baby became a little boy. The change has been coming for a while even if I didn’t quite realize it. His movements shifting slowly. A…
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He Never Needed Me To Be a Perfect Mom
Sometimes I call him the practice child. The oldest of five. Born to a mom and dad deep in debt and struggling. Right in the middle of a failing…
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I Never Knew How Much I Could Love Someone Until I Saw My Son
No one told me when I was counting down the days until my first baby was born, that I would be praying for those same dates to arrive slowly in the…
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Precious Children, May You Grow in Love and Faith
Dear daughter and son, Let me start by saying how much I love you. You have made my life shine and sparkle. You are my sunshine after the rain, and I…
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I’m Watching My Little Boy Become a Young Man
I’ve been here before. This space between elementary school and middle school is familiar to me for I have walked this road before with my oldest…
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