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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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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Life As a Boy Mom Suits Me Perfectly
I am a boy mom, and it fits me like a glove. When I was pregnant with my first child, I knew I would have a boy. And with the second, when the test…
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I May Never Know What it’s Like to Be a Girl Mom
To the lady at Panera, As my family sat down to what was guaranteed to be a chaotic lunch, you smiled at me. You meant well, I know you did.…
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I’m Raising Sons Who Will Break Your Daughters’ Hearts
As a mom of all boys, I’m always hearing “He’s going to break some hearts one day,” and then I’m hearing, “It better not be my…
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You’ll Always be First
You will always be Mommy’s first boy to break into this world with great strength, and vigor and LOUD, red-faced cries. You will always be the…
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Fart Jokes, Arm Wrestling and Being the Mom my Boys Need
Today I stood back-to-back with my firstborn and nearly cried. “No way! There is no freaking way! You are absolutely NOT taller than me, you little…
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Yes, I Paint my Sons’ Toenails
Last night, I let my three-year-old son pick out a color of nail polish for me at Target. Bright electric blue. My five-year-old chose the prettiest…
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5 Tips for Raising a Future Douchebag
Every once in a while I read a piece that sticks with me and seems to come up in conversation regularly for months afterwards. This post about why…
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Sometimes I Miss Five
For the last few months, I’ve found myself missing my five-year-old. Don’t get me wrong, I love him as the nine-year-old he is now, but…
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