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Motherly Stories

I had an abortion at 21. I have never wanted to tell my story—until now

This isn’t how I wanted to put this story into the world. But after Roe v. Wade was overturned, I need people to understand.

Motherhood Understood

Olivia on taking care of a baby while dealing with her husband’s postpartum depression

"I had to do all of these things because shortly after the birth, my husband vanished."

Life

Mama, you told me…

That it would be a joy to watch them grow up. But Mama, you never told me how quickly the time would pass; how the hours, the days, the weeks and the months would slip through my fingers so fast. That I would suddenly find myself looking at a child instead of a baby; a baby instead of a newborn; and beg time to be a little bit kinder and wait for me to catch up.

Life

Sometimes I really miss my life before kids

You're not a bad mom for thinking, I miss just being me. And you'd be surprised how many of us have thought that exact same thing.

Life

Motherhood is: Wishing for bedtime, but missing them as they sleep

It’s full of contradictions. In the best way possible.

Life

When I’m venting, you don’t have to fix it—just listen

It is enough to simply be heard.

Life

As I learn how to be a mother, I understand you so much more, Mama

You’ve been here, where I am now, deep in the trenches of motherhood.

Parenting

Dear daughter—here’s the truth about Disney princesses and fairy tales

I need to get something off my chest.

Community & Friendship

I knew I wanted a mama village—I just didn’t know how much I needed it

We need our mama tribes. I need mine. You need yours. We all need each other.

Life

To the new mama facing another exhausting night—this, too, shall pass

You start to wonder whether you will ever have any time to yourself. Then, one day, you do.

Parenting

‘How could I love another baby this much?’ You will mama. You will.

They said that the love in your heart multiplies. I get it now. I physically feel it.

Life

Instead of focusing on how motherhood changed my body, I’m celebrating how it changed my soul

Take that photograph. Wear that bikini. Climb all over that playground. Jump together, dance together, laugh together.