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I Remember Life Before You, But I Can’t Imagine Life Without You

As soon as my son was born, happiness and freedom redefined themselves. Sacrificing my wants and needs were a struggle in the beginning, though. I…

I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked the same question, THE question. The one I have grown accustomed to hearing yet not grown accustomed…

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.…

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.…

To my father-in-law: I’ll never get to meet you. Physically, that is. Maybe one day in Heaven, but here on earth, unfortunately, that time won’t…

I’m not just raising my children, I’m raising someone’s husband. I’m raising someone’s son-in-law. I’m raising someone’s…

The question I’ve heard since our first son was born: Are you trying for a girl? And again after our second son. Are you trying for a girl?…

I am a boy mom, and it fits me like a glove. When I was pregnant with my first child, I knew I would have a boy. And with the second, when the test…

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…

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…