Catherine Dietrich is a freelance writer and mom to two girls. A former women's magazine journalist, she now writes for various online publications as well as celebrating the ordinary moments of motherhood on her blog, Littles, Love and Sunshine. Catherine is a British South African, currently living in Switzerland with her husband and two small daughters.
Did you ever imagine that having everything you ever wanted would make you cry this much?
I’m looking your way not out of judgement, but out of solidarity. I’m looking your way because I sympathize.
The revolution has come—and it’s all for you.
What I’m doing to keep the stress low and the magic abundant.
The world sees self-care, but I see another thing for my to-do list. Another thing I’m failing at. Another thing I feel guilty over.
What we can’t see in this moment is that this too shall pass.
Before I was prepared for it, my baby had morphed into a toddler.
We may not get to call in sick, but thank goodness we can rely on friends for support.
Beyond the level of physical exhaustion is that induced by parenting.
Your fourth birthday is coming and we will celebrate another year—but I will mourn the passing of the days, too.
Thank you for showing us that who you were before, although never the same again after children, is important to preserve.
I want to help pave the path to your destiny, whatever that may be, by teaching you to kick aside the preconceptions that will clutter it along the way.
