When I think of a mother of three active, enthusiastic, inquisitive boys, I think haggard and exhausted. My dear friend Abby may insist that she is indeed exhausted but I insist she is most certainly not haggard! In fact, she is one of the most adorable and stylish people I know, mother or not. Somehow this (exhausted but not haggard!) mother of three manages to make it through each day loving and supporting each of her uniquely different boys in just the way they need it. This is turning in to an Ode to Abby, but truly, I hope to be as loving and authentic a mother as she is some day.
On a trip to Oregon last summer I forced this family of five to spend some time in a park with me. One thing that I love about the Osborns, whether in a park or around the dinner table, there is a lot of laughter and silliness.
The youngest, Owen, had to tell me something very important before he ran off to join the others.
by Kelly Ry
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