I Want to Be My Teen’s Friend, but First I Have to Be His Mother
He’s 13. I could stop there, and most parents would simply shake their heads, give me a look of sympathy,…
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He’s 13. I could stop there, and most parents would simply shake their heads, give me a look of sympathy,…
Continue ReadingWhen your son turns 50, you will remember how, when he was a baby, he would kick the arm of…
Continue ReadingRaising a son is gonna wreck you. He's gonna lock eyes with you and it's not gonna matter whether it's…
Continue ReadingEvery year as the holidays near, a new batch of ads from virtually every business on the planet hits the…
Continue ReadingThe sweet snuggles and sighs are slowly making way for more crawling climbing and exploring each day. And just when…
Continue ReadingTo the little boy who made me a mom, I feel like it was just yesterday when I saw those…
Continue ReadingMy boy bought me a ring. He stuck a token into a prize machine and out it popped. “It’s for…
Continue ReadingI had this dream. The kind of dream that only mothers have. He was three years older than the age…
Continue ReadingThere he is. Standing on first base. A boy who needs me less. I think back to 10 years ago.…
Continue ReadingHe towered over me, right there in the middle of the kitchen while I was making dinner. I looked up…
Continue ReadingTo Benjamin, my 16-month-old son, I am everything. I am the first person that boy looks for when he wakes…
Continue ReadingTo my firstborn, Some days it feels like I just found out about you—pregnant for the first time ever. But…
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