For Our Boys: A Mother's Prayers

By Baranda Fermin

A collection of prayers offered by a new mother for her son. These prayers will lead you to a better understanding of what it means to take responsibility for a child who can be a reflection of God in the world.

For a mother, praying for a child is...
as natural as loving a child
as essential as feeding a child
as effective as cuddling a child
as necessary as protecting a child

Receiving the news that I was about to become a mother was awesome, and at the same time overwhelming. I had the usual concerns of protecting and providing for my child, but my first thought was how do I shape a KIND child. Essentially, I want to have a child who would be a person who would make the world a better place. Deep down, I suspect that is a wish of every mother.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Brothers Publishing
• Release date: Apr 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370397037

Baranda Fermin

Baranda is an accomplished nonprofit leader with experience in training, community development, and research. Her first love is a writing, yet she has a gift for seeing patterns and long-range big picture visions. She makes a living doing strategic planning and capacity building, but makes life beautiful by using words to share the stories our lives. Her favorite things on earth are tacos and her son, Montgomery James. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Michigan State University; a master’s in Human Development from Teachers College, Columbia University; and a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from The University of Oklahoma.

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For Our Boys

A Mother’s

Prayers

Dr. Baranda Fermin

For Our Boys: A Mother’s Prayers

Author: Baranda Fermin

Published by Austin Brothers Publishing

Fort Worth, Texas www.abpbooks.com

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Copyright © 2017 by Baranda Fermin

Scripture quotations are from

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For boys of all ages,

especially Montgomery James

and the boys that taught me to

practice seeing with love.

The Prayers

Epilogue

Fun-Loving

Resilient

Stillness

Hopeful

Courageous

Trustworthy

Keen

Whole

Adventurous

Humility

Submissive

Kindness

Epilogue

It all started when I learned I was pregnant. There was so much going on in the world, and I was concerned. Yet, for the first time, my concern wasn’t for how I could change the world. I wasn’t concerned with how to improve society. Amazingly enough, my concern also wasn’t immediately for how to protect my unborn child. My first thought was how do I make a KIND child. How do I prepare my child to be the type of