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Transitions can be liberating but also heartbreaking. And that’s OK.
But to be honest with myself, I am really good at many other things.
You offer me a space to be vulnerable and to feel safe. A place to be a mother, but also a full person outside of motherhood.
Because one day my arms won’t be the ones you turn to for comfort. So right now I will hold you. For as long as I can.
Now, if only these other mama-fave businesses would follow suit...
I now know I can change the next generation: I can raise a son who is respectful, diligent and understanding.
Because when you think of it, we’re always about 20 different versions of ourselves at once. We’re mother, daughter, friend, wife, teacher, doctor, nurse.
More than anything we just want an environment where your children will succeed, both academically and emotionally.
You were *just* my baby. And I’m stopping to remember what these last few years have meant—to both of us.
Yes, the experts say it really is that simple. Here’s where to start...
It’s good to have some professional insight. But, sheesh, toddlers are tough.
Don’t hold on to guilt for dear life, because there are so many better things worth holding on to.
“If you think a colored play space is good for a kid’s imagination, just imagine what running around the Taj Mahal could do.”
There is no such thing as grudges—no one has time for that!
So the next time someone inevitably asks you how you “do it all” you can say: With my superpower—grit.
My autoimmune disease asks a lot of my son.
I literally wrote a book on entertaining. Now I’m a fan of reheating chicken nuggets. ?
There's no reason to fit into JUST the working mom or stay-at-home mom box.
And what is “having it all” anyway? ?
There is no one else, not even my adoring partner, who understands the emotional roller coaster that is daily life with small children.
