The father in the story bought his son trains and balls but not a doll. Our son was five when I met Charlotte Zolotow and bought her book William’s Doll. So when his older sister had a Drowsy-sleepyhead baby doll, I bought our son a boy doll, “Raggedy Andy.” He creatively engineered his train tracks to go up the stairs of our two-story house and rolled his marbles down the track. He loved hiking trails on our family campouts. He looked like a racehorse as he ran track. Our young son climbed trees, built models, played basketball and football. I salute each of you who bravely and lovingly choose to raise children. Each of these wonderful ones gives Nana and PawPaw such joy and feelings of gratitude to God for the many blessings of their lives. He and our lovely daughter-in-law are raising our two dear granddaughters! Our daughter and her husband are the parents of our dear grandson. Nana was reminded of that time in our young son’s life that I called the “more courage than sense stage!” He tried to jump into the deep end of the Sun Villa swimming pool before he learned to swim! Enthusiasm must be tempered with reason.īut to encourage you Moms, note this: Today our son is a father, a wonderful Dad. Please DO take time to read “Five Minute Friday.” Mississippi Mom’s poignant post “BRAVE” was sheer poetry as she wrote about her young energetic son’s fearless actions and how courageous she must be raising him. For more information, read my disclosure policy. This post contains affiliate links to products mentioned.
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