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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’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…

We’ve got a house full of boys: four of them, ages seven and under. We’ve been told they’re the quietest, most well-behaved…

I’m raising my sons to be men. Men who hold the door open and think before they speak. Men who don’t only want to make their mama proud but want…

I used to imagine my imaginary daughter and me in matching white dresses running hand-in-hand through a field of wildflowers. I imagined us laughing…

Three—the number of times I’ve been pregnant. Three—the number of times I’ve had a boy. By pregnancy number two, people started asking me,…

To the lady at Panera, As my family sat down to what was guaranteed to be a chaotic lunch, you smiled at me. You meant well, I know you did.…