By Elizabeth Ascik To My Son at 12
My son, you are 12 years old. You are a young boy in the last days before you become a…
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He’s Slowly Walking Away with Footprints As Big As Mine
The true measure of a mother’s love is her willingness to wake up before the sun on vacation. On a…
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By Laura Costea Dear Son, Raising You Right Is Worth It
You were the baby who slept nights. You were the infant who quietly stacked blocks one on top of the…
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By Amy Martin I Look at My Teen Son and See All of Our Yesterdays
Looking at my 13-year-old in the car today, I saw what’s become the norm lately. Blonde, alpaca-like hair hanging in…
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A Mother Spends Her Life Letting Go
Checking in—it’s what mothers do, or what I do anyway. I stand nose to chin with Miles and Gabriel, my…
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By Her View From Home Donna Kelce Is Living the Boy Mom Dream: Her Two Sons Will Face Off in the NFL’s Biggest Game
How many millions of brothers have grown up playing football against each other in their backyards? It's impossible to know,…
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By Christa Barnet God Gave Him Bigger Feelings
He came home from school last week and asked, “Why do I get so angry but my friends never do?…
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One Day He’ll Love Another Woman More than He Loves Me
To Benjamin, my 16-month-old son, I am everything. I am the first person that boy looks for when he wakes…
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By Harmony Vuycankiat You’ll Never Know Just How Much I Love You
My firstborn son is a senior in high school this year. I don’t even know how I feel about that.…
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I Was Meant to Be a Boy Mom
When you're a little girl, you dream of the day you can pass all your Barbies and dolls on to…
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Dear Future Daughter-in-Law, I Hope We’ll Be Close
Dear future daughter-in-law, My son loves you enough to want to spend the rest of his life with you. That’s…
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By Carol Moore What I’m About to Experience Is the Nightmare of Every Parent of a Teenager
I received the call at 8 p.m. My 16-year-old son’s name flashed across the screen. What I am about to…
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