by Adriana Locke | Aug 13, 2018 | Mom of Boys Series
My oldest son, the Oldest Locke or “OL” to make it simpler, has had his license for a couple of weeks now. That day was tough, man. The little boy that should still be taking his “chupie” (his name for a pacifier), wearing his rubber boots...
by Adriana Locke | Feb 1, 2018 | Mom of Boys Series
My oldest son turns sixteen today. I’m not sure how that happened. He should still be be-bopping around the house in his diaper, singing the Chocolate song from Dora, and picking up (and hiding) every set of keys we own. Instead, he’s almost ready to pick...
by Adriana Locke | Jan 15, 2018 | Mom of Boys Series
Parenting is hard. Wait—that’s not even true. There are times it feels impossible, times that I’m not sure why God thought it was a good idea to give me four little souls to raise. What do I know about boys, cars, wrestling—anything, really? There are...
by Adriana Locke | Sep 22, 2017 | Mom of Boys Series
Last night, I completed the impossible: I got the boys fed, bathed, homeworked, and bedded at a reasonable hour. (I’m taking all the credit for this and not giving any to the festival they went to and wore themselves out.) Anyway, I sat down at my desk to work...
by Adriana Locke | Jul 25, 2017 | Mom of Boys Series
A lady in my Facebook group, Carrie, asked me a while back if I had any tips on raising boys. She was having her first bundle of blue (congratulations!) and knows I’m the mom of four little male offspring. I’ll start this by saying … I always wanted...