We Are All Fighting Battles; We Are Each Other
It’s 9:30 at night, and I’m back downstairs. I am not alone. The 2-year-old is on the couch with me, and we are both sobbing. …
Tracy Slater
No Longer Running on Empty
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Just Another Birth Story
Neither of my birth stories is super interesting. I mean, the part where they handed a rope to my husband and had us play tug-of-war was …
The Price of Sleep
My friend texted me tonight: “Thoughts on the Arm’s Reach Co-Sleeper?” “I have one… they both ‘slept’ in it until about 5 months old.” A few days …
Be the Solution
I scroll through my Facebook feed, and I see so much blame: “If you say ‘all lives matter’ you are part of the problem.” “To …
Of Unpaid Leave and Unfair Choices
I keep debating whether or not to skip our family vacation this year. My sons will be 2 and 4 this summer. Last year we …
I Thought I Was Prepared for Motherhood
I have surrounded myself with young children my entire life. I was the 10-year-old girl I now pray is at every party I go to …
It’s Hard for Them, Too
It had been a long night, and I was so close to being on the other side of it. Then halfway through the last verse …
The Power of Empathy
I had one of those moments tonight when I got it right. It was way past bedtime, and my husband had not yet emerged from …