The Boys Club by Jayne Jaudon Ferrer

Parents of boys have a special understanding and appreciation for one another. Only someone else who's dealt with that much energy and creativity and lived to tell about it should be allowed to laugh when they see someone else trying to survive the same!

The Boys Club
by
Jayne Jaudon Ferrer

The Boys Club

We know who we are.

Ours is like one of those

ancient, fraternal orders

whose identifying rituals include

elaborate hand signals and

mysterious primal grunts.

In public,

the cue is often a series

of short, repetitive barks:

“Sit down!”

"Give me that!”

“Come here!”

"NOW!”

People who aren’t in the club

look disdainful, annoyed,

disgusted, or smug.

But fellow members grin—

slowly at first, as they

identify and empathize—

then broadly, as they

catch your eye and

nod slightly to acknowledge
well-known phrases and
familiar responses.
“Boys are somethin’, aren’t they?”

From A Mother of Sons: Poems of Wisdom, Love, and Dreams (Loyola Press, 2004)
Copyright by Jayne Jaudon Ferrer

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Jayne Jaudon Ferrer is the author of four books of poetry that focus on family life, including the now classic A New Mother’s Prayers, which has remained in print for twenty years. An award-winning copywriter and freelance journalist earlier in her writing career, Ferrer is a native Floridian who now lives in Greenville, South Carolina. She speaks frequently at women’s and book events and her work has appeared in numerous publications ranging from Boca Raton Magazine to Christian Parenting Today. Learn more about her at www.jaynejaudonferrer.com.

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