How, oh how, to grow a boy?
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Little Lancelot
Posted in Boys, Emotions/Inner World, Men, Parenting, Sons, Young Love on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pearl of Wisdom from a Mom I Know
Posted in Children, Friendship, Mothers, Sons, Wisdom on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My son has a friend he met two summers ago at a week-long summer camp. Our families live on opposite sides of town, their house perched at the edge not only of our city but seemingly the edge of the continent, looking out over a span of water that feeds into the Pacific Ocean. The […]
First Bike Ride
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Growing up, Reminiscences, Sons on November 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The first time my son ventured onto concrete on his bike – after a long, arduous process of coaxing, cajoling, bribing, yelling – these from the adults – and whining and defiant refusal from him – he started to get it. He wobbled, straightened, wobbled, went so fast I had to let go of his […]
From the Mouths of Babes
Posted in Children, Growing up, Parenting, Sons, Wisdom on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My son is at the age where we have life lesson conversations in the car, en route to some activity. We’ve had some lovely discussions, and their brevity and the guarantee of having to end when we reach our destination lends a kind of safety – to both of us. These will not be marathon […]