Motherhood Is Not Easy

Motherhood Is Not Easy

Exhausted, over-stretched, grasping to figure out if I was a successful mom that day. Of course, I never feel that way on just one day.   “Things worth doing are never easy” comes to mind when I think of being a mother, but the bad days can get very...
A Mother’s Best Asset

A Mother’s Best Asset

When we were children, we all observed our parents parenting so we had time to learn about parents and children before we thought about having our own. I thought about all of these experiences and they helped me form the ‘what would I do if that were my kid’...
The Female Brain: Mothers and Children

The Female Brain: Mothers and Children

I remember a friend posting on his Facebook status that he wished there was a book that would help him understand women. I commented that even being a woman did not mean that I understood many! We are a unique breed of person. Our bodies are not constant or steady; we...
Why I Don’t Use Daycare

Why I Don’t Use Daycare

After working in three different child care centers across the country and as my first child grew, I understood more concretely how my decision to leave my child in the care of others would impact him. It is the personal choice of my husband and I to not use day care....