Tag Archives: mothering
Happy belated Mother’s Day from a 2-and-a-half-year-old mom
Living things change. They adapt and grow and die. Trees leaf out, snakes molt, babies grow up into frat boys. It just happens. Aren’t you glad I picked this picture instead of one of a frat boy? So why is it I thought the moment I had a baby that I would be a (…) MORE »
Gratitude and Being Present
I don’t know why I’m having so much trouble with today’s post. I usually have an idea of what I’m going to write about on Get Born well in advance of when my post is due. Yet, here I sit at 5:30 AM. When I should just be pressing the Publish button to send my (…) MORE »
What I thought motherhood would look like
Other than a couple brief moments of rocking a swaddled newborn to sleep, I just started having some moments of, “now THIS is what I thought being a mom was going to be like.” And J will be 2 and a half next month. Do tell, what were the images you had in your head (…) MORE »
