Dear Son, You’re One of the Good Guys
An open letter to my oldest on his 15th birthday: You turn 15 today in the near middle of this wild and crazy year, and there’s this thing I…
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There Won’t Always Be Hot Wheels on My Bedroom Floor
As I bent down to pick up those little remnants of the day’s fun, I had to stop and remind myself: There won’t always be Hot Wheels on my bedroom…
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A Boy Needs His Mama
Oh, how a boy needs his mama. And that need goes much deeper than cooking, cleaning, and laundry. Oh yes. The need is far greater. A boy needs the…
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Let Us Raise Little Boys With Gentle Hearts
Little boys don’t need toughened up. Little boys don’t need to have their emotions dismissed. Little boys don’t need to be told to stop crying.…
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I Pray For You, My Son
Dear son, I prayed for you before you were born. I prayed for your arrival. I pray with you before meals and bedtime. But I also pray for you alone.…
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I’m Raising Someone’s Husband
I’m not just raising my children, I’m raising someone’s husband. I’m raising someone’s son-in-law. I’m raising someone’s…
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Dear Middle Child, I Still See You
We’ve got a house full of boys: four of them, ages seven and under. We’ve been told they’re the quietest, most well-behaved…
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He Doesn’t See a Weed
He doesn’t see a weed. He sees something that will make Mommy smile. He doesn’t see a weed. He sees something to blow on that sheds out into…
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Let Me Tell You About This Wild Child of Mine
I’m a mama to three. My first was deceptively easy. A calm baby, an easy-going toddler, and a sweetheart of a preschooler. She was the reason I had…
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My Boys Are All I Need
I used to imagine my imaginary daughter and me in matching white dresses running hand-in-hand through a field of wildflowers. I imagined us laughing…
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