Moms of Boys

Hello, ladies! I wish happiness, health, and safety to everyone in 2006. That’s one of the things my boys and I say in our prayers every night: “Keep us safe, healthy, and happy. Be with those who are sick, sad, or hurting.” Lots of hurting going on in the world right now: of course there is always Iraq and the war on terror, hunger in Africa and other places, the Middle East conflict, and now the terrible tragedy in the West Virginia coal mine. The situation was made so much worse by the miscommunication. I went to bed that night after midnight, thinking 12 miners were alive and then woke up to the awful news that there had been a mistake. This hit my middle son (age 11) so hard that he hasn’t been able to sleep the past two nights. I had to tell him there’s a line you can’t step over when it comes to worrying about such things in the world; certainly it’s okay to be impacted by such events and to react by making donations to funds, etc., but you can’t dwell on it to the point that it bothers you so much you can’t sleep. I want my son to be aware of his world and to follow the news, but in some cases there is a danger of stepping over that line. Protecting the ‘innocence’ of childhood is becoming harder all the time. Please post your ideas about this on the message board.

O.K. We finally got the Christmas card photo done today. That’s always a struggle for us to complete in time; I’m never quite happy with the photo possibilities, but we end up just using one of the ’so-so’ ones because we never have time to pose for it again. It’s of the three boys and the dog sitting on the front porch as usual.

Hi Fellow Moms of Boys,

Life is never boring raising my three guys; yet, I lately, I wouldn’t call it exactly exciting , either. BUSY. HECTIC. Yes, those are the words I guess I’m looking for. Their schedules become our schedules and suddenly our own lives have disappeared. It’s hard to keep this from happening. Whew!