Kelly Bauer: Meeting the Mother I Am

Kelly Bauer: Meeting the Mother I Am

Hey Mama, I see you. It’s hard, I know, I’ve been there. I’ve experienced the fear, the love, the panic. I’ve experienced the confusion and sense of failure. I’ve experienced the disappointment when motherhood wasn’t the blissful, maternal experience that you expected...

Kerry Neville: For Future Mother’s Days

Dear Mama, A few years ago, I wasn’t sure how many more Mother’s Days I would live to see—how many potted geraniums, hand print flowers, and crayoned cards I would receive from my two children. In fact, each May, I twisted myself into self-incriminating knots,...
Shannon Hennig: This Isn’t Normal

Shannon Hennig: This Isn’t Normal

Dear Mama, I see you there sitting in the dark; you’re shaking and terrified, left wondering how on earth a little baby, so small and harmless, could completely break you. Maybe your birth experience isn’t how you planned it. Or maybe you didn’t plan for anything...
Katherine Stone: That’s a Lot of Hats

Katherine Stone: That’s a Lot of Hats

Dear New Mom, You might be sitting there right now, on Mother’s Day of all days, feeling like a total mom failure. I remember that feeling. I had only just gotten started, was at the very beginning of motherhood and I’d already blown it. I was a sobbing,...