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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…

Consider yourself lucky when you don’t have to look for a best friend, but it naturally happens—because she’s your mom. My mom has always been…

Dear Lord, You see how anxious she is not knowing what her kids’ schedule will look like this fall. Will their school doors open? Will there be…

“Momma, come sit with me!” Then she sits RIGHT next to me for breakfast and lunch and dinner or while we watch cartoons or read books or when we…

Dear kindergarten mama, I know your heart is hurting. You look at the little person in front of you and you wish that, more than anything, you could…

“Mom, you suck the fun out of everything!” shouted my 13-year-old daughter behind her closed bedroom door. Is this the same sweet girl who, when…

Have you ever walked down a dimly lit street, alone and at night, and felt the overwhelming sense that determined footsteps follow you? Not exactly…

I notice the lump in my throat getting bigger and I feel like an elephant is sitting on my chest. It seems as though the walls are caving in and I…

There will always be room in my heart for another baby. Our family is complete and we have no plans to change that—a bittersweet chapter is closing…

Mama, you have made so many life-changing decisions these last four months. I know you are tired. Truthfully, you are exhausted. Yet, you have so…