Karyn Thurston

Karyn Thurston is a writer, mother, and adventure-seeker based in San Diego, CA. She writes about her daughter and their messy attempts to live and love well at www.girlofcardigan.com
Karyn Thurston is a writer, mother, and adventure-seeker based in San Diego, CA. She writes about her daughter and their messy attempts to live and love well at www.girlofcardigan.com
Sure, there’s a lot of parenting books out there–but here’s 10 things you really need to know about that first year.
I am watching a universe open up before you.
You became a child in the moments I wasn’t looking, and I have loved every minute of your second year on earth.
You and I are learning, and holding, and making each other. I want to give you the mother you deserve.
If you can harness fear to serve your ethic instead of your pride, it can be an unparalleled force for all that is good in you. It can break you or it can make you fierce.
We are warriors, my beautiful girl and I, and this is our victory.