We weren't trying. We weren't preventing it either. And yet when I peed on a pregnancy test and two bright pink lines showed up, I stared at it in disbelief.
Motherhood is packed with things to be afraid of. We worry about…
It's science.
Balance is not a destination, it's a practice. A practice of recognizing our choices.
It happens to all of us: We try to be all things…
How to overcome it, mama.
Motherhood changes everything. From your habits to your priorities, it turns out…
There are cracker crumbs on the floor right now. We’ve been wearing…
Each night I spent at least 40 minutes waiting with him and, though it may not seem long, when you have just the few hours between his sleep and your own to prepare for the next day, standing still when there is so much to be done can seem painful.
Personally, I'm a big believer that this, simply knowing how to rest, is one of the greatest lessons I can exemplify for my intense little people.
Your definition of 'fearless' changes.
Even when Elliot started sleeping through the night, I didn't. I would wake up around 4 am to pump under moonlight, worried my milk supply would drop.
"I literally think there's no world where I would always feel like I bond with her enough and was not shortchanging time with her," Kaling told the Hollywood Reporter.
3. Purge what no longer serves a purpose
Without a doubt, I'm getting better at it. Motherhood is like a muscle that just keeps getting stronger, every time you use it.
Everything from the pattern of our wedding china to the curtains in my daughter's nursery felt like a reflection of our family and myself as a wife and mother.
But, little by little I started remembering why I founded my business in the first place. I remembered how wonderful my clients were and how satisfying it felt to use the intellectual part of my brain.
It is not like your hard-won professional skills have evaporated overnight the moment your child received their diagnosis.
Even local travel options were challenging.