Rachael Ash

If you want to be an ally, you have to understand this first

I'm going to say what usually goes unsaid about racism.

I’m so ready for school to start

I know I'm lucky to be at home with my kids right now and please, believe me, I am grateful, but dang, can a girl get some personal space?

We don’t use the term ‘half-siblings’ in our family—because they’re 100% whole to us

Half, step or whole siblings it doesn't matter. The love is full no matter what.

Motherhood is: Answering about 300 questions a day

And today, at this moment, I would LOVE a second of quiet.

You are slaying the mental load of motherhood every single day, mama

Even on the days when it feels like you got "nothing" done.

Motherhood is: Parenting with your heart, not your ego

I need to embrace the idea that nurturing, supporting, and loving my child has everything to do with encouraging them to be the best version of themselves and nothing to do with raising a miniature version of me.

Summer makes me feel like a kid again

Being a mom has opened up my eyes to how magical childhood is by seeing the wonder through theirs.

True life: I’m going to stop apologizing for my messy house now

And I'm done apologizing for it.

To my village: Thank you for helping to shape me as a mother

I am the mother I am because of the collective group of women I have in my life.

Dear Mom: Thank you for supporting me even when I pushed you away

Thank you Mom, for being my teacher, my mentor and my best friend.

A true account of one mama’s ‘restful’ evening

12:45 am—I wonder, when Beyonce gets up with the twins, does Jay-Z get up too?

I finally learned to let go of my mom guilt once my second child came along

I’m learning and growing just as much as my kids are.