Category: sons
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Swallow Back the Years (from the Momplex Blog archive)
I do not want my kids to grow up. There. I said it. I like them little. I like how they smell. I like how my daughter’s voice still sounds about half her age when we talk on the phone. I like how my son says he’s built a Lego structure by following the “durkstructions.”…
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Second-Born (from the Momplex Blog archives)
She wasn’t here before. I came first. What happened in the world, happened to me. There was a long stretch before her. Then suddenly she was everything. I became the sea to her boat, and she the sea to mine. That’s how it is, you know. One day you just become a parent, Then whatever…
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In Praise of Little Boys (from the Momplex Blog archives)
When I found out I was having a boy, I cried. My reaction took me by surprise. At the time, I had a healthy, happy 3-year-old daughter at home. I had long been saying, what do I care about the baby’s sex? What a privilege to even be having another child! So, when tears spilled…
The Second Magpie 