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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By Jennifer Vail Dear Teenage Son, I’ll Never Stop Hugging You
I knew the day was coming. Almost every mother of a son I know eventually becomes dwarfed by her baby…
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By Carole Johnston My Little Boy is in There Still, I Know it
I remember when my son was born like it was yesterday—a fussy, colicky, jaundiced, heat-rash bundle of baby boy. My…
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By Liz Curtis Faria 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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By Brook Hall I Never Knew How Much I Could Love Someone Until I Saw My Son
No one told me when I was counting down the days until my first baby was born, that I would…
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