Every now and then I reflect on my life and realize things never quite go as expected in this crazy journey of parenthood. It’s more than a little ironic…being a mommy is seriously one mindf**k after another.

Being a working mother doesn’t mean I have to play some impossible balancing act. It’s about discovering my rhythm and finding what works for me and my family.

The questions twist over each other like my fingers, complicated and entwined, without simple answers.

Mother's Day made assumptions that did not fit my mom. The assumptions didn’t fit me either.

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He whispered, “My father never let me win when we played. Not once. Not at anything.”

So on the days I don’t think I’m up to snuff on this parenting deal, I take comfort in the fact that many other people are investing in my kids. In the end it will be a cumulative effort.

But each time in the years to come when I feel a need to ground my feet against the rush of life, the words will come back to me. It’s just wind. It will pass. No rain.

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At the time I knew EVERYTHING about raising children. We didn't have children yet but I was majoring in Behavioral Science and I had trained horses so I felt pretty confident.