I’m Starting to See the Teenager in Him
My children frequently take my breath away, whether with their beauty (because, oh, my, these children are beautiful, aren’t they?)…
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My children frequently take my breath away, whether with their beauty (because, oh, my, these children are beautiful, aren’t they?)…
Continue ReadingI believe becoming a mom is the greatest thing to ever happen to me. While you are a tiny and…
Continue ReadingI spent the first four years of my son’s life in a frantic state of hope. A hope that he…
Continue Reading“Three boys? That’s so sad!” That’s what someone said to me last week, as she looked upon the smiling faces…
Continue ReadingI still smell my son’s head. He is 18 and witty and a homebody and his hair always smells like, well,…
Continue ReadingIt was supposed to be a joke. His younger siblings were getting bubble bath for Christmas, knowing he no longer…
Continue ReadingThe sonographer said, "It’s a boy," and I said, “What do you mean?” She answered my question by circling the…
Continue ReadingThese boys. They take my heart and run. They’re off to the end of the world and back in the…
Continue ReadingEvery day someone mistakes my son for a girl even though everything else about him stereotypically screams he is a…
Continue ReadingI read a lot of parenting blogs. And books and magazines. Plus, I follow a ton of writer-moms on social…
Continue ReadingI love looking at my children. I always have. I remember rocking them, holding them just so I could look…
Continue ReadingGrowing up, country music had a lot to say on parenting. I remember it cautioning me to . . .…
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