I’ll Take Every Hug I Can Get, My Son
As another school year closes, I’m once again struck by an ethereal sense of being punched in the gut. We…
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By Stephanie Kramm The Man I Pray This Boy Becomes is Tender and Kind
"I feel so sad for them," my 5-year-old said contemplatively. "All those caterpillars won't have a mom and dad anymore."…
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There’s Tenderness in Tween Boys Too
My 9-year-old son, Waylan, had a flag football game last night. It was chilly. It was windy. I didn’t want…
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I’ll Never Be Ready for My Son To Let Go of Me
The arts-and-crafts tote overflowed with cylinders of petrified Play-Doh, crispy-bristled paintbrushes, and Elmer’s glue bottles with clogged applicator tips. Underneath…
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By Kalan Krueger A Mother’s Love Is an Endless Pursuit
I look at him and my heart breaks into a million little pieces. It simply hurts too much to know…
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By Jess Ronne My Forever Boy
It all goes by so fast . . . The in utero diagnosis. The constant prayers. Your frail body being…
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By Alicia K. Albertson Dear Son, I Never Want To Forget This Version of You
Such big blue eyes for your tiny face. Staring into them, I saw a world of possibilities for you. Would…
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Being a Boy Mom Didn’t Come Naturally To Me
He is my first boy. Many things that come easy to me with my girls are difficult with my son.…
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Dear Son, I Love You Just As You Are
I spent the first four years of my son’s life in a frantic state of hope. A hope that he…
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By Krista Ward I Love Being a Mom of All Boys
“Three boys? That’s so sad!” That’s what someone said to me last week, as she looked upon the smiling faces…
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My Boys Own My Heart
These boys. They take my heart and run. They’re off to the end of the world and back in the…
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By Tina Unsell Seamon Thank You Lord For the Gift of My Sons
Today, my 19-year-old son moved out to go live on his own. He has been preparing to move out for…
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