Non-birth mom with all of the feelings.

February 15, 2019 Mrs T Comments 1 comment

I have been sitting on this blog post for a long time, unsure of how to start it. As you well know, I have a toddler on my hands. One who, from my perspective anyway, is very intelligent and therefore capable of sophisticated psychological warfare. Couple this with some ripe insecurities about my status as “non-birth mom” and you’ve god a recipe for a mommy feeling all the feelings. Just recently my child seemed to be experimenting with differentiating by…

Mantra March

March 12, 2017 Mrs T Comments 2 comments

As you may have gleaned by now, I have been struggling with motherhood. I know this comes up for many folks, particularly in the first six months, as everyone (including baby) adjusts to the new family order. To acknowledge the obvious: parenting is hard, people. See image below, this is what it feels like most of the time. It’s way harder than I ever imagined, but I think that’s because I was imagining the wrong things. Describing the challenges of parenting to expectant…

Eating my feelings, Part 1

February 16, 2017 Mrs T Comments 0 Comment

I cried several times last week. I admitted this to my mom’s “support group” but rather than affirming my experience (as I was expecting) I heard crickets. I thought being a mom meant we all had a hard time and then talked about it. I can’t be the only mom who cries sometimes…right? On Wednesday I made it to mama and baby yoga (win!). The class was lovely and I felt calm and grounded despite a mid-class tantrum from The Beast. Afterwards, a few moms…

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