One Day He’ll Love Another Woman More than He Loves Me
To Benjamin, my 16-month-old son, I am everything. I am the first person that boy looks for when he wakes…
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To Benjamin, my 16-month-old son, I am everything. I am the first person that boy looks for when he wakes…
Continue ReadingMy firstborn son is a senior in high school this year. I don’t even know how I feel about that.…
Continue ReadingWhen you're a little girl, you dream of the day you can pass all your Barbies and dolls on to…
Continue ReadingI received the call at 8 p.m. My 16-year-old son’s name flashed across the screen. What I am about to…
Continue ReadingMy son got a haircut today, and when he got up from the stylist’s chair I almost cried. The stylist…
Continue ReadingI want to raise him to be a man who speaks the truth in love. Who is kind when he…
Continue ReadingA few weeks ago I was sitting on a bench at the playground watching my three kids run around like…
Continue ReadingI’m in the car, utterly exhausted, back aching. My 17-year-old son is in the passenger seat, his attention glued, as…
Continue ReadingLast night was my sixth grader’s last basketball game of the season. He played with many of the same gang…
Continue Reading"Thank you for cutting his hair," I've told Emily many times in passing, or lightheartedly over text. I wish I…
Continue ReadingThe day my son turned 15, I was overcome by fear and anxiety. An impending doom like a little, black,…
Continue ReadingTo my firstborn, Some days it feels like I just found out about you—pregnant for the first time ever. But…
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