Audra Powers, Author at Her View From Home

Dear Mom, Thanks For Helping Me Go From Daughter to Mother

I hear the familiar ringtone coming from my computer. My daughter knows it, too. “Mimmie!” she shouts. Her grandparents live across the country,…

My almost-4-year-old snapped this photo of me. She swiped my phone off the couch while I was nursing her baby brother. Her little fingers moved fast…

Dear toddler, I’m having a hard time. I’m frustrated, and I don’t always respond to you the way I should. I know you’re little. I know…

This is the face of postpartum rage. I didn’t feel sad or depressed. I didn’t have anxiety. But I did cuss my husband out, slam doors,…

Hi God, it’s me . . . the tired mom. I was up all night with a sick baby. Every 20 minutes, he needed comfort. Each time I felt myself relax and…

I hear the baby crying on the monitor. I open my eyes, roll out of bed, and stumble to his room. “Mama’s here,” I whisper. I pull him out…

After six years of marriage, I think I have something figured out. Communication is EVERYTHING. OK, you might be rolling your eyes and thinking,…

Am I a total flake? I mean, I feel like I’m flaking out a lot lately. I have to reschedule meetings, bail on my workout buddies,…