There’s a Little Boy Where My Baby Once Was
Today my baby became a little boy. The change has been coming for a while even if I didn't quite…
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Today my baby became a little boy. The change has been coming for a while even if I didn't quite…
Continue ReadingSometimes I call him the practice child. The oldest of five. Born to a mom and dad deep in debt…
Continue ReadingNo one told me when I was counting down the days until my first baby was born, that I would…
Continue ReadingI’ve been here before. This space between elementary school and middle school is familiar to me for I have walked…
Continue ReadingAn open letter to my oldest on his 15th birthday: You turn 15 today in the near middle of this…
Continue ReadingDear son, You are called to be in the world, but not of it. And my goodness right now the…
Continue ReadingAs I bent down to pick up those little remnants of the day’s fun, I had to stop and remind…
Continue ReadingDear son, I’m sorry I missed it. The moments you grew. The changes that have occurred now that you’re a…
Continue ReadingI’m not the mother I planned to be or the mother I wanted to be. I’m not the mother I…
Continue ReadingWhen I first found out you were going to be a little boy, I was happy. I was ecstatic. I…
Continue ReadingI’ve been there—in the depths of despair. Those dark and desolate nights when you feel as though loneliness completely envelopes…
Continue ReadingWhen does it shift? Where my being enough for you, simply isn’t? Does it happen as quickly as Mommy to…
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