Tag: lessons in motherhood

Don't Wait For An Empty Nest To Start Making Space For Yourself

Don’t Wait For An Empty Nest To Start Making Space For...

On the first day of school this year, I stood in my garden, quietly sipping coffee and watching the bumblebees buzz from milkweed to...
Motherhood: Survival Of The Fittest

Motherhood: Survival Of The Fittest

Sometimes it feels like motherhood is a messed up game of survival of the fittest. Only motherhood makes you spread yourself so thin you...
When You Just Want To Stop

When You Just Want To Stop

There are so many times as a mom and person that I hit a wall of...I can't do this anymore. How am I going...

To The Career Woman I Used To Be

To the career woman I used to be, striving and climbing to the top of the tree. You gave it up. You walked away. To...

You Are A Good Mom

Late last night, I was laying in bed wondering to myself “Am I a good mom?" Why is being a mom so hard?...
Wishing Away the Time

Wishing Away the Time

It's no surprise that the past year and a half has changed many of our lives: kids being home more, work situations changing, uncertainty...
What I Learned About Myself in the First Decade of Parenting

What I Learned About Myself in the First Decade of Parenting

Becoming a mother at 19 could have been something that either broke me or shaped me. Even without any wisdom and barely any knowledge as...