Someday He’ll Buy Another Girl a Ring, But Today This Boy’s All Mine
My boy bought me a ring. He stuck a token into a prize machine and out it popped. “It’s for…
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By Stephanie Kramm Today He’s 12 and I Still Have Time
I had this dream. The kind of dream that only mothers have. He was three years older than the age…
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By Kristie Reitz He Needs Me Less Now, But I’m Still His Home
There he is. Standing on first base. A boy who needs me less. I think back to 10 years ago.…
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By Susan Lambert Where Has My Little Boy Gone?
He towered over me, right there in the middle of the kitchen while I was making dinner. I looked up…
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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 Megan Kewaza Dear Firstborn, Because of You My Heart Grew
To my firstborn, Some days it feels like I just found out about you—pregnant for the first time ever. But…
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By Jessica Swanda I’m Just a Little Boy, but Daddy You’re Teaching Me How to Be a Man
I’m only a little boy, still too young to tie my own shoes or make my own breakfast. My days…
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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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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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By Alicia K. Albertson Dear Son, I Never Want To Forget This Version of You
Such big blue eyes for your tiny face. Staring into them, I saw a world of possibilities for you. Would…
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Being a Boy Mom Didn’t Come Naturally To Me
He is my first boy. Many things that come easy to me with my girls are difficult with my son.…
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I’ll Always Miss the Little Boys They Used To Be
Where did my sweet, innocent, curious, and adorable little lambs of sons go? It seems like just yesterday my youngest…
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