Hey everyone. This is Dorenda Wilson. Welcome to this week's podcast. If you don't know me

already, I'm married to Daryl. We have been married for 28 years. We have eight kids, ages 13 to 26. We have three girls and five boys,

so we weigh in heavy on the boy end of things. We also have four grandkids, and we have been

homeschooling for over 22 years. So today we're going to be talking about raising boys. Since we weigh in heavy on the end of

boys here at our house, I'm excited to share some experiences and some things that I've learned

along the way in this crazy calling of being a mom to boys um they're so very different than we

are uh sometimes i've felt like i was raising aliens because there was such a vast difference

between how they think and how i think and we're going to talk a lot more about that as we get

further into the podcast.

But if you're not already connected with me, I am on Facebook under Dorenda Wilson.

Also at Instagram at Dorendalee.com.

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At Dorenda Lee Vermon.

No, that's my maiden name.

Wow, I am about in a thousand here. It's at Dorenda Lee Vermon. No, that's my maiden name. Wow, I am about in a thousand here.

It's at Dorenda Lee Wilson, my married name that I've had for almost 30 years now.

And also at my blog, Dorenda Wilson.com. I would love it if you would share this podcast with your friends.

Also, if you would leave a review or a rating, that really helps in the respect that as moms search out podcast to listen to,

the more ratings and reviews that I have on this podcast, it'll be more likely that they get

to see it and maybe have the choice to listen

to it. And I, you know, of course, want as many moms as possible to be listening and to be

encouraged. And thank you to all of you who have left reviews and ratings. It's just been

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