I was going to fold the clothes but instead I held you

A toy ray gun and a neon green rocket—clearly essential tools for any potential alien emergency—were tucked neatly inside.

The clock doesn’t tick the same way it used to. It’s no longer measured in hours or days, but in milestones and moments.

I don’t care if you make all your own food or mac n cheese from the blue box. I just care that you don’t put down other moms on the internet who do.

Let’s decode what your Spotify Wrapped says about your life in 2024—and your evolving identity as a snack-fetching, Wiggles-singing, toddler-chasing superhero.

This time is so short. Soon you will be in a toddler…

Everything is on fast-forward as you are asked to survive and thrive in such a short space of time. You watch them grow up one right after the other.

We are parents, not superheroes. We cannot be in multiple places at the same time. We cannot do all things or be all things. 

It's a game-changer.

In your presence, your child feels an emotional security that allows them to be vulnerable, unguarded and exposed.

It may not be what you usually hear, but I am so glad that I made my work my life, and my life my work, bringing my daughters along for the ride.

The relationship a mama has with her son is powerful, gentle and absolutely beautiful.

You defined an entirely new meaning of love for me—a love that makes the oceans tremble. A love that makes the wind sing. A love that fills me with the grit and the glory to be your mother.

Thank you for always being there in my life and always looking out for me.

I can’t wait to watch you fly. Your heart will break, your wings will need fixing but I’ll be there for all of it.

The boy you raised grew into a strong, loving man. A supportive, equal partner. And a next-level dad.

Here are the top five lies about babies we need to stop telling so that parents stop being so hard on themselves.