My suitcase is out, staring at me like I should be packing it. Because I should be. And I will. But not yet. Departure for the other side of the world is Sunday, so I’ve got lots of time … š Until then, I’m traveling around to two of my favorite mom blogs, The MOM In
itiative (where I am so blessed to be part of the team) and The MOB Society (where I am blessed to be a friend). I wish I could take you with me to the other side of the world!Ā But there’s this one bag, 50 lb weight limit thing … and Jeff is my travel partner this time. We are excited to be speaking at a conference and then heading to another country in the region to be with a partner family we have never visited before.
Today I’m posting at The MOM Initiative about When Mom’s Words HurtĀ and some special insight into raising sons. Here’s a glimpse:
Six words. Only six words, but they flew out of my mouth to the heart of my son before I could capture them and lock them away where the sun doesnāt shine. I was immediately sorry and saw the look of injury on his face. I wanted to take the words back, but they escaped, never to be taken back. Sometimes moms say hurtful things we canāt take back. Whatās a mom to do when we regret words we say to our own? Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā READ MORE ...
I’m also posting at The MOB Society (That stands for Mothers of Boys), and I’m so excited to be there. I was invited to guest post by Brooke McGlothlin and her team of passionate MOBs who write about raising sons. I’m writing about Guarding the Delicate Dignity. Here’s a glimpse:
Laughter rippled across the room and grew into a wave, wafting through barred windows and past palm trees. My boy shrunk tight in his space, clenching fists, flashing looks of embarrassment under wet eye lashes. It was not the welcome a mom expects for her small son, this stripping of dignity. In my heart I murmured objections Godward. READ MORE …
There’s a definite theme in these two posts today, and I actually think it applies to boys and to men who were once boys. Just because you don’t have a boy-son, don’t let that stop you from reading about raising sons! I believe God has given women a divine commission to lift up the boys, young men, and men around us.
I hope today’s posts might inspire us as women to use our words to encourage the boys and men in our lives.
