My Son is Exactly Who He’s Meant To Be
I went to church alone today. I could have brought my two younger children but honestly, I needed 60 minutes to myself to sit and think. I chuckle at…
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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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I Remember Life Before You, But I Can’t Imagine Life Without You
As soon as my son was born, happiness and freedom redefined themselves. Sacrificing my wants and needs were a struggle in the beginning, though. I…
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I Want My Son To Take Pride in His Heritage
I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked the same question, THE question. The one I have grown accustomed to hearing yet not grown accustomed…
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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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It’s One of Life’s Great Joys To Look Up To Our Sons
Our boys are a whole thing aren’t they? I look up to my son. I legit have to look up to him because he’s taller than me now. I blinked and he…
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There Are a Million Reasons I Give of Myself Over and Over—And They’re All You
I heard him crying. He was supposed to be sleeping. But he wasn’t. Instead, he was calling out for me. Yelling my name. And, to be completely…
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I’m Raising My Sons To Be Men
I’m raising my sons to be men. Men who hold the door open and think before they speak. Men who don’t only want to make their mama proud but want…
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You’ll Always Be My Baby Boy
It’s 3 a.m. Your daddy and your little sister are sleeping soundly while you snuggle on my chest as we rock slowly back and forth in the rocking…
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I Get To Be This Little Boy’s First Love
When I found out I was having my third boy, I cried. We were sitting outside under the dogwood tree in our front yard where we bit into cupcakes and…
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