Teens
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Mother’s Pride in the Middle of Exhausting Days
As a mom it’s had to watch our kids ie young men grow up or at least it is for me. Because of this some days don’t come in neat little packages. Nor do those days don’t line up with schedules or quiet evenings or the kind of peaceful routines people talk about when they say “family time.” Some days are just lived minute by minute, hour by hour, doing the next thing that has to be done. And today feels like one of those days. Actually the past couple months or even this year has felt like that with part of the time Charlie living here and the other…
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Mid-June Reflections: Watching Our Boys Become Men
I must tell you Mid-June feels different in a house like ours and one thing I’ve noticed over the past couple weeks is how more grown up both Charlie and Bradely have become. Since David helped them with the job at the Airport and letting them use our car to get back and forth to wok. Not because anything dramatic has changed, and not because there was some big announcement that life was shifting. It’s quieter than that. It shows up in the gaps between routines, in the way the house settles at night, and in how long the lights stay off in the morning before anyone starts moving around.…
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Father’s Day Teen Grooming Gift Guide (Walmart Edition) ???? Saturday, June 13, 2026 — 4:00 PM
Charlie is so funny at times and will not ask for the things he needs even when he is out. Which is why I wanted to share a new post highlighting ???? Teen Grooming Essentials Gift Guide featuring (Walmart Edition) as this is where I did the shopping at for the bath and body items Charie asked me for. Teen grooming is one of those stages as a mom I never thought about because no, one warned me about it and what I would need know. Thank the LORD it starts small — a razor here, a body wash there — and suddenly you realize you’re building an entire routine…
