When Your Son Grows Up, You Will Remember This
When your son turns 50, you will remember how, when he was a baby, he would kick the arm of…
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When your son turns 50, you will remember how, when he was a baby, he would kick the arm of…
Continue ReadingI observed my son today from a distance. I marveled at the subtle changes I saw: The squaring of his…
Continue ReadingTo my mother-in-law in Heaven, It never gets easier. Year after year, it still feels so fresh. The pain of…
Continue ReadingPeople prepared me well to parent babies and toddlers. There were lots of books, advice, and frequent check-ins. I couldn’t…
Continue ReadingI had an epiphany tonight. I was walking around the kitchen with a toddler on my hip. My 9-year-old tried…
Continue ReadingTo my father-in-law: I’ll never get to meet you. Physically, that is. Maybe one day in Heaven, but here on…
Continue ReadingDear Father-in-law, Your son needs you now more than ever. I will admit I don’t know much firsthand about the…
Continue ReadingDear mother-in-law, You are also a daughter-in-law, am I right? Does that help you at all understand my perspective? Daughters-in-law—especially…
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