I’ll Take Every Hug I Can Get, My Son
As another school year closes, I’m once again struck by an ethereal sense of being punched in the gut. We…
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By Stephanie Kramm The Man I Pray This Boy Becomes is Tender and Kind
"I feel so sad for them," my 5-year-old said contemplatively. "All those caterpillars won't have a mom and dad anymore."…
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There’s Tenderness in Tween Boys Too
My 9-year-old son, Waylan, had a flag football game last night. It was chilly. It was windy. I didn’t want…
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By Kristie Reitz You Don’t Raise Your Babies to Be Little Forever, but I Thought I’d Have More Time
I can see the yellow blur of the school bus passing in front of my window. Soon my little boy…
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I’ll Never Be Ready for My Son To Let Go of Me
The arts-and-crafts tote overflowed with cylinders of petrified Play-Doh, crispy-bristled paintbrushes, and Elmer’s glue bottles with clogged applicator tips. Underneath…
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A Mother’s Love Is an Endless Pursuit
I look at him and my heart breaks into a million little pieces. It simply hurts too much to know…
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My Son’s Well-Worn Lovey Is Proof Of How Motherhood Changes Us
When my son was three months old, my aunt and uncle sent him a generously-stuffed cow from Texas that was…
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Suddenly My Son Is a Teenager and I Wasn’t Ready For How That Makes Me Feel
I have been struggling lately. You see, my firstborn is suddenly a teenager. I knew it was going to happen,…
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By Kimberly Willingham Hubbard God Tasked Us With Raising Beautiful People in a Fallen World
Today, I watched my little boy put an oven mitt over his hand and mix up an imaginary meal. Like…
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A Mother Doesn’t Stop Being a Mother When Her Son Is Grown
I saw you in pain today. Not a physical pain, where I could hand you a Band-Aid or two Advil…
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By Amanda Crumrine He’s Outgrowing My Lap But He’ll Never Outgrow My Heart
He’s five now—my baby, the third of my three children. I feel like I’ve taken the time to enjoy each…
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The Connection Between a Mother and Son Changes But Never Breaks
Words, phrases, entire sentences left my son’s mouth at the dining room table as if he were speaking a foreign…
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