Being a parent requires a person to have a very unique skill set. Oh sure, there are the usual tasks like diaper changing, convincing an angry, naked child to please, PLEASE put on underpants, nursing a baby in one hand while doing stir-fry with the other; you know, the usual suspects. But I’m talking about the skills that are not found in the pages of the “baby-readiness” books. And because (even though we hardly know each other) I care about you, I am going to share some of the things I’ve learned in the past 10 years. Some might call it wisdom while others will assume I am in the throes of a caffeine crash as I write this.
The People We Lean On
They are the people who make the time to interact. They are the people who notice us, who make us feel seen, valuable, loved.
Where Love Lives
You have to look for love, seek it out where it lives.
Threads
Mom makes touch decision to find another family for her adopted son.
Pudding
Busy, tired mom with a two-year-old in the grocery store finds that she wants to be better.
The Truth Is…
Mom learns the truth behind why her 13-year-old son is battling with depression.
The Most Beautiful Wrecking
To say my two little boys have shaped my life is an understatement. They have altered the entire course, and they have single-handedly ensured that I will never, ever be the same in the irreversible, wreck-you way.
You Don’t Suck
Instead of making lists in our heads of all of the things we're not good enough at, why don't we take stock of the ways we're awesome?
Hand-Me-Downs
Mom enjoys the ritual of hand-me-down clothes with her daughter.
Last One Standing
There are days when I wish I had never entertained the idea of returning to school, of becoming a nurse.