I Loved You Before I Knew You and I’ll Love You Forever
My dear sweet boys, I loved you before I knew you. I just didn’t know how long the wait would…
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My dear sweet boys, I loved you before I knew you. I just didn’t know how long the wait would…
Continue ReadingComing from a home with three sisters and practically swimming in an ocean of estrogen my whole life, I had…
Continue ReadingHe used to think I hung the moon. When he was little, he looked for me in every room. We’d…
Continue ReadingHe awaited my reaction like he did when he confessed he wasn’t sure Santa was real. I was in the…
Continue ReadingI observed my son today from a distance. I marveled at the subtle changes I saw: The squaring of his…
Continue ReadingTo the little boy who made me a mom, I feel like it was just yesterday when I saw those…
Continue ReadingThe best part of me is my son. Being a new mom is exhausting yet so rewarding. They say when…
Continue ReadingTo my high school junior, Each year, these back-to-school letters get more difficult to write. Wanting to capture all that…
Continue ReadingMy son is now 12. No longer little, not yet grown. It’s so hard to imagine that he’s soon becoming…
Continue ReadingDear toddler, Everyone tells me the days are long, but the years are short. They tell me I’ll turn around…
Continue ReadingSweet child, I know you want to grow up. You want to get older and do more and more. I…
Continue ReadingI’m at this stage of parenting. You know, the one when I hardly catch their faces in photos anymore but…
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