Let Us Raise Little Boys With Gentle Hearts
Little boys don’t need toughened up. Little boys don’t need to have their emotions dismissed. Little boys don’t need to be told to stop crying.…
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I Pray For You, My Son
Dear son, I prayed for you before you were born. I prayed for your arrival. I pray with you before meals and bedtime. But I also pray for you alone.…
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The World Needs Good Men, So I’m Raising Them
The world doesn’t need more men who are charming. The world doesn’t need more men who are handsome. The world doesn’t need more men who are…
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It’s One of Life’s Great Joys To Look Up To Our Sons
Our boys are a whole thing aren’t they? I look up to my son. I legit have to look up to him because he’s taller than me now. I blinked and he…
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Dear Son, I Hope You Grow Up To Love Like Your Daddy Does
I married your dad at 19 because of the person he was then. He saw me and took me as I was, and I thought there was no way I would ever love him more…
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There Are a Million Reasons I Give of Myself Over and Over—And They’re All You
I heard him crying. He was supposed to be sleeping. But he wasn’t. Instead, he was calling out for me. Yelling my name. And, to be completely…
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I’m Raising My Sons To Be Men
I’m raising my sons to be men. Men who hold the door open and think before they speak. Men who don’t only want to make their mama proud but want…
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You’ll Always Be My Baby Boy
It’s 3 a.m. Your daddy and your little sister are sleeping soundly while you snuggle on my chest as we rock slowly back and forth in the rocking…
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Raising Boys Is The Sweetest Blessing I’ve Ever Known
Raising boys is not for the faint of heart. It’s stinky feet and dirty hands. Loud thuds from the other room and holding your breath for the…
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I Get To Be This Little Boy’s First Love
When I found out I was having my third boy, I cried. We were sitting outside under the dogwood tree in our front yard where we bit into cupcakes and…
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