Nights are the hardest. My son was running wild around the bedroom, refusing to settle down. We’d asked him multiple times to come to bed so we could read together, but he was in that overtired, overstimulated state that every parent of a toddler knows too well. So I tried a different approach—I lay down …
Finding yourself after motherhood is something no one really prepares you for. Before becoming a mom, friends would tell me, “You’re going to become a completely different person. You won’t be you anymore.” I’d nod along, not really getting it. Even my sister – and this still brings tears to my eyes – hugged me …
