Boy-Mom Affirmations
Raising boys! THOSE FACES! Missing teeth, little soldiers, superhero’s, wrestling, footballs, dirt, legos, brotherhood. With boy #4 on his way, I’m revisiting lessons:
How their differences ENCOURAGE our femininity. Their desire to be worthy of us, their wiring for justice.
“To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her.” Fulton Sheen
The importance of boy-mom “scripts.”
“Thank you for being such a good protector for us!”
“I’m so glad I have you here to help me!”
“Could you figure this out for us?”
“I love seeing how hard you’re working!”
“Wow, you’re strong like St. Michael!”
The value of imagery, “The rosary is the greatest WEAPON of our times!” “You help FIGHT evil with the strength of God!”
The stack of books,
Defending Boyhood: How Building Forts, Reading Stories, Playing Ball and Praying to God can Change the World by Anthony Esolen
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons by @drmegmeeker
Bringing up Boys by Dr. James Dobson
Mother and Son: The Respect Effect by Dr. Emmerson Eggerichs
Boy-mamas, through messy and loud, let’s press on raising men of virtue.
Girl-mamas, we need you raising little women to hold that virtuous bar high.
ALL women, our little men need to see YOU honoring the dignity of your feminine genius!
We got this.
-Small scripts
-Daily forgiveness
Attitudes of encouragement and joy
