It’s No Wonder a Mother is Her Child’s First Love
When we talk about a mama’s lasts — she’s last to leave the house, to eat, to shower — we…
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To My Mother In-Law in Heaven, You’d Be So Proud of Your Son
To my mother-in-law in Heaven, It never gets easier. Year after year, it still feels so fresh. The pain of…
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Dear Teenage Son, I Know I’ve Got To Let You Go, But Give Me Time
To my son, It's the weekend, and your new friends are here. You're surrounded by a whole crew of kids…
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Some Days You Disappear
I didn’t know you. We were always together—I fed you from my body, then my hands. I bathed you, I…
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All You Need To Know About Mothering Boys, From a Mom With Four
1. Boys come with a lot of gear. A lot. Bats and balls and gloves and cleats and basketball shoes…
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You’ll Never Stop Being My Everything, My Son
For now, I'll be your everything but someday that will change, my precious son. Someday you'll find another who will…
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A Boy Will Always Need His Mom
These moments are fleeting, little man. No matter how hard I hold on they’ll slip through my fingers anyway. That’s…
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It’s Hard To Let Go of the Little Boy I Used To Know
I was sitting in the car line yesterday like I have done 1,560 times before when a boy who I…
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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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Please Don’t Feel Sorry For the Mom of All Boys
“Oh, really?” “Are you sure?” “You can always try for a fourth!” “You just have to have one, they’re so…
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