For the Life of Our Sons


Photo: Jordan Edwards, Yearbook Photo, Mesquite High School

Every time, the news hits closer to home. Every time, either the boy seems younger, or my boys seem older. Every time, I wonder what I can do to keep it from happening.

I can feel that curly hair, because I cup my 11-year-old’s head in my left hand whenever I buzz his hair with those old clippers I use to buzz my own. I notice that scraggly hairline at the top of the forehead, because I trim my 9-year-old’s hairline every now and then, as I get closer to teaching him how to trim it himself. I see those shallow dimples, and I know they’d deepen if he flashed those teeth he’s hiding behind that comfortable smile. And I see the teenage acne, signs of that treacherous transition I long to see my own sons navigate well. I see Jordan Edwards, less like a man sees a stranger’s face and more like a father recognizes his son’s future.


David Gundersen
David Gundersen
David "Gunner" Gundersen serves as Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at Boyce College, the undergraduate school of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He lives in Louisville with his wife Cindi, whom he married in 2002, and their four kids, who came home via adoption in 2007 and 2011. You can find him writing at DavidAGundersen.com.

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