by admin | Mar 18, 2022 | raising boys, rooted kids
We don’t talk about…bullying. Whenever I write a post like this one or share our experience, the response I overwhelmingly get is private: a friend pulls me aside, an email or message finds its way to me and in confidence reveals there are dozens more...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | raising boys, rooted kids
He came off the court upset, face smeared in blood, dripping red down his arm, wet falling from his eyes. He was frustrated by the indignation—certain of the intention, to hurt him. I helped him remove the shirt under his jersey to sop up the gushing from his nose....
by admin | Jun 17, 2020 | raising boys, rooted kids
An open letter to my oldest on his 15th birthday. You turn fifteen today in the near middle of this wild and crazy year, and there’s this thing I have been meaning to tell you about who you are. I have let fear keep me from saying it because well, you’re only...
by admin | Oct 16, 2018 | raising boys, rooted kids
As I sit here, my boys are heavy on my mind. Our girls, our boys, all of our children hold weight in my thoughts. By all accounts the five sons we are raising fall under privileged white boy status. We are not wealthy by any means, but that is not the privilege I am...
by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | raising boys, rooted kids
It’s evening, we are all gathered around the table, in between pickups and drop-offs, homework and practice, signing forms and organizing schedules, we have this precious time together. Looking in, it would seem anything but — we are loud, a mouth is open while...
by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | raising boys, rooted kids
My husband sat near me as we went through the details of the day, a rare uninterrupted moment in our loud and full life. As we talked about schedules and family logistics, he looked at me and said, “I have wanted to ask you, when we had a chance to talk, about what...
