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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…

George, we heard your cry for Mama! We wept as we listened, and we realized that Mama was also justice, air, and love. Black mamas understood and…

MAMA! These are my four sons. Paul Jr. Joseph, David, and Noah. They are cute funny and brilliant. I love them. I birthed them, I nursed them.…

“Just you wait mama.” If I could pick one of the things I’m most tired of hearing as a mother, it would be that phrase. Since the day I…

Please, Lord, take it from them and give it to me. I’ve prayed that same prayer many times over the nine years I’ve been a mom. I’ve prayed it…

Hey mama, Don’t you sometimes find yourself longing for those days when your babies won’t be tiny babies forever? Do you ever sit and…

A pile of blankets are on the bathroom floor, proof of the little ones who dragged them in just to be close to me while I rush around to get ready…

Walking thru Target early this morning—something I never do—I was overcome with emotion. Almost all of the customers in the store were young…

You came into our room during the wee hours of the morning. You’d had a bad dream and wanted your mama. I held you tight and stroked your hair…

A mama always thinks she has more time. As she brings that first baby home from the hospital, the words of mamas who came before her ring in her…