Today my sweet friend reached out with a note that said something like, “Please consider writing about how you balance your career and family life. You always seem to have it all together.”
I couldn’t believe what I was reading. This is a mom who I want to be more like. She is truly among the best examples of motherhood I’ve been blessed to witness. But on this point, she’s wrong. And hilarious.
I do not have it all together. My life is never in balance.
Read MoreAcross social media there are countless posts of children in tulle, bedazzled leotards, sparkled headbands, and giant bows. Moms and dads post photos as though their children have just opened on Broadway. These proud parents beam with excitement for their little people. And I love this.
But for this stepmom, this ritual of dance recital weekend feels like another reminder that I am not a actually their parent.
Read MoreWhen the tiger babies are in my cave, there is no contrast between how I treat them and how I treat my own cub. My heart forgets that they are not only mine. I love all three of them for who they are as individual cubs, but they are a unit together in my heart.
Read MoreI had this picture of my "bachelorette" party in my head. (Bachelorette exists in air quotes because I really don't think you get to claim this phrase when it's your second wedding, and certainly not in conjunction to the word "party" when it's daytime and the most scandalous thing about the event is inappropriate cupcakes that your best friend's husband made..)
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