The Room Mom Version of Me Will Have to Wait
Before I had kids of my own, I thought I knew exactly what kind of mom I’d be. As a…
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Before I had kids of my own, I thought I knew exactly what kind of mom I’d be. As a…
Continue ReadingI’m the one who gets to watch everyone else’s babies. Diapers and bottles have been out of my home for…
Continue ReadingWhen you picture raising kids, you imagine the expected moments—birthday parties, scraped knees, school concerts, teenage moods, and one day…
Continue ReadingThe deeper I grow into motherhood, the more I see that it was never about the moments I once thought…
Continue ReadingFor a long time, I assumed a mom always knew exactly what to say to her children in every possible…
Continue ReadingTo my middle child, Today I just wanted to tell you something: I see you. I see you trying hard,…
Continue ReadingThere are moments in life when you feel like you’re shattering from the inside out, when your heart aches so…
Continue ReadingSome days feel heavier than others. You watch them grow and wonder if the world sees all of them—the heart,…
Continue ReadingI didn’t know my last baby was my last baby. We had talked about our last baby, sure, but not…
Continue ReadingTo be highly sensitive is to live life at full volume, and to feel everything in vivid, sometimes aching, color.…
Continue ReadingMotherhood today is a kind of exhaustion that sleep can’t touch. One that self-care can’t fix. It’s the exhaustion of…
Continue ReadingShe stands in the kitchen, hands trembling over the sink, tears she cannot let fall pressing behind her eyes. The…
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