I Want My Boys To Become Men of Character
I’m a single mama of two young boys. As a woman raising young boys, I’ve thought a lot about how…
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I’m a single mama of two young boys. As a woman raising young boys, I’ve thought a lot about how…
Continue ReadingI never believed in love at first sight . . . until there was a boy. A boy who made…
Continue ReadingAs another school year closes, I’m once again struck by an ethereal sense of being punched in the gut. We…
Continue Reading"I feel so sad for them," my 5-year-old said contemplatively. "All those caterpillars won't have a mom and dad anymore."…
Continue ReadingMy 9-year-old son, Waylan, had a flag football game last night. It was chilly. It was windy. I didn’t want…
Continue ReadingI can see the yellow blur of the school bus passing in front of my window. Soon my little boy…
Continue ReadingThe arts-and-crafts tote overflowed with cylinders of petrified Play-Doh, crispy-bristled paintbrushes, and Elmer’s glue bottles with clogged applicator tips. Underneath…
Continue ReadingTwo days before my first child left for college, I swallowed tears passing the chocolate milk in the grocery store.…
Continue ReadingTo my little graduate: I’m so proud of you. I used to think graduation ceremonies at this age were just…
Continue ReadingI look at him and my heart breaks into a million little pieces. It simply hurts too much to know…
Continue ReadingIs he ready? It's the question I’ve been asking myself for the last year. The question that’s literally kept me…
Continue ReadingWhen my son was three months old, my aunt and uncle sent him a generously-stuffed cow from Texas that was…
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