will it be enough?

By on May 31, 2011 in a mother's heart

{Today’s guest post is from Jessica Bowman, of Bohemian Bowmans. Let’s give her a warm MOB Society welcome!}

I hear the door ungracefully jangle open. Then a floppy haired boy emerges and a quiet smile lights up my face.  He awkwardly canters over with just awoken legs, rubbing his sleepy blue eyes the whole way.

I hold out my arms and he effortlessly sinks into my lap as if we are two parts of a puzzle that just forgot to connect before now.  Neither of us say a word, but as he looks up at me with his head resting in my elbow, our eyes speak love to one another.

I try to memorize this moment.  These few seconds of our day that are perfect.  Before the crying, and the fighting, and the power struggles.  Before tempers are lost, and tears of frustration, and the never dimming noise that comes from a life with boys.

I put my forehead to his and pray that these few moments will be enough.  That one day all of my mistakes will fade away in his mind, but that he’ll remember the quiet and controlled moments when he knew I loved him.

And then his brother’s awkwardly canter out on just awakened legs.  And the rumpus begins.

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Don’t forget to join us Thursday, June 2, 2011 for our one year celebration of the MOB Society!

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Donate your Facebook status and WIN!

By on May 30, 2011 in a little fun

{Congrats Lisa! You won this giveaway! Check your email friend!}

On June 1, the MOB Society will celebrate one full year of ministry to mothers of boys.

When Erin and I first began dreaming about this place, we had no idea all that the Lord would pull together.  It’s been an amazing ride! And we can’t wait to see all that He’s got in store for us in the future!

To celebrate, we’re hosting a Facebook party on June 2 from 9 – 10 PM EST.  There will be prizes, and tons of fun to be had!  Please help us get the word out this week?

Our goal in month of June is to DOUBLE our Facebook friends.  We currently have 2,633 friends over there and want 5,000! We know there are more boy moms out there who need to know about the MOB Society, and with your help, we can get the word out.  Wanna kick things off now?

How about this?

Donate your Facebook status to the MOB Society today and you’ll be entered to win a PDF version of the Warrior Prayers: Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most eBook (by me :) ) AND a copy of the soon to release Leader’s Guide for the 21 Days of Prayer for Sons challenge.

The Leader’s Guide (LG) is set to release sometime later this week and has all of the information in it you’ll need to know in order to lead your own 21 Days of Prayer for Sons challenge.  And the best part?  Included in the LG are guest spots from moms of older boys!

(Seriously, it’s like a whole other awesome book on raising boys!) So once again…

To Enter:

1. Like the MOB Society on Facebook (if you don’t already follow us on Facebook, you’ll HAVE to do this first).

 

2. Donate your Facebook status to the MOB Society on 5/30/11 by pasting the following into your status:

“Are you a boy mom? @TheMobSociety is the place for you! FOR moms of boys, BY moms of boys & preparing a generation of men to love the Lord!”

(Please note: You must put the “@” symbol in front of our Facebook name “TheMobSociety” with NO SPACE between the “@” and “TheMobSociety” for it to work)

3. Come back here and leave a comment telling us you did BOTH #1 & #2 above (must do BOTH to qualify). Only one entry per person please.

THAT’S IT!

We love you so much and want to thank you for making this place a safe, encouraging, uplifting resource for mothers of boys this past year.  We can’t wait to see you at the party on Facebook, June 2 from 9-10 PM EST!  Go tell all your friends!

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Boys in Motion!!

By on May 27, 2011 in Boys in Motion

The last Friday of each month we give you an opportunity to show off your favorite photos of:

  • Brothers (of all ages)
  • Boys doing very boy things (how fun??)
  • Silly pics
  • Serious pics
  • Special pics
  • Any pic of your boy(s) that you love!

HOW AMAZING!

To enter the challenge, just join our flickr group (free) and upload your favorite photos of those wild and wacky, bold and beautiful boys (up to three)!

Each month we’ll have a sponsor for Boys in Motion. Which means that everyone who participates will be entered to win something fun from that month’s sponsor! Today, our official Boys in Motion sponsors are the fine folks from Spiffy Decals! Spiffy Decals was so impressed by a recent article written here at the MOB Society, by our own Lindsey Hartz, that they decided to create a wall decal based on her heart rules. Take a look…

This decal can be cut up to approx. 23 inches square. The Heart Rules are a great decal for applying to a tile, and displaying in your home, or on the wall.  And one of you will win your very own just by participating in Boys in Motion!

Whatcha waitin for???  Get clicking!

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If I Teach You One Thing…

By on May 26, 2011 in a mother's heart, growing godly men

I’m going to be brutally honest right now.

It is very quickly approaching the deadline for this post, and I’m sitting here eating Culver’s frozen custard waiting for a bolt of inspiration on the topic of “respect” to hit me.

Yep, that’s me.

What’s interesting is the word respect has been mentioned a lot in the circles around me this month, particularly in this phrase:

“If I teach you one thing before you leave this house, it will be to respect your mother and women!”

From my husband, from my pastor in a sermon – I guess God is wanting me to go in this direction.

I am SO grateful for men like him…

The men in our lives who step up and teach this to their sons. We can tell from the cases of domestic violence and affairs and broken marriages that there are men all over the world who were never taught to respect the women in their lives.

So what happens in families where there ISN’T a strong male influence training the boys of the family to respect women?

Who will step up and do this?

And what is our role as mothers in this process of teaching our sons to respect women?

In most situations, we as mothers are around our sons more than their fathers, so we do have responsibility in this area as well. Our sons won’t ONLY learn respect for women from their fathers.

I’m actually not here with any answers today, just questions.

We want to raise strong godly men who respect women – what is OUR part as mothers in that process?

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