This is a story of a confused new mom who was in trouble. She was blindsided by the quiet and suffocating loneliness of motherhood’s first year. She was shocked at how, despite thinking she was so busy, in actuality, the days were endless. By 10 a.m. most days she felt despair creeping up around her shoulders, as she […]
Don’t compare your kids to other kids. Don’t compare your house to other people’s houses. Don’t compare yourself to other mothers. We’ve all heard it. We know we shouldn’t do it. But we do it anyway. Why isn’t my kid reading at your kid’s level? Your kid is already potty-trained? Mine refuses to even try. […]
This past Valentines Day I remembered something that had happened one year ago. I didn’t write about it last year, because, frankly, I was embarrassed. I had made a mistake—one that impacted my relationship with my daughter, about something that should have never been an issue. She was four at the time, and at the […]