The Dads You Will Be

The Dads You Will Be

[title subtitle=”words & images: Jessica Sowards”][/title] My Dearest Sons,   You are worlds away from knowing fatherhood, but I’m already praying about the fathers you will be. I have already contemplated the day you look into the eyes of your...
The Only Certainty

The Only Certainty

[title subtitle=”words: Stoney Stamper images:courtesy April Stamper”][/title] It was a gorgeous spring evening in east Texas, and my little family was enjoying our first taste of non-winter weather in months, there in the backyard. The temperature was...
When Mama’s Gone

When Mama’s Gone

[title subtitle=”words: Stoney Stamper images:courtesy April Stamper”][/title] Some people are just born to be parents. They fall effortlessly into the parenting routine as though they’ve been doing it all of their lives. The feeding, burping, diaper...
Looking for the Light

Looking for the Light

[title subtitle=”words: Tonya McCoy images:courtesy Steven Hunter”][/title] Dew-dropped wildflowers tilt their petaled heads toward the sun as it rises over the Charleston Prairie in Arkansas. The purple, pink and gold flowers mimic the color of dawn as...
The Good Mom

The Good Mom

[title subtitle=”words & images: Jessica Sowards”][/title] I am a good mom. Ten years ago, in the middle of the night on a Wednesday in November, my first son was born. I was nineteen years old. The next day, I changed a dirty diaper for the first time...

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