Mom Things this time, sorry

If you don’t have kids, this is going to be entirely mom/parent-centric. I’m sorry! The next one won’t.

Back in like 1860 when I was training for the NYC marathon, I couldn't shut up about it - I mentioned it "casually" in every single conversation. Having kids is like that. Within fifteen seconds of meeting someone new I always tell them I have kids. Without fail. I’m powerless against my need to talk about myself, and lately, the kids are the main thing I have to talk about. I’m not really doing much else… Welcome to Covid!

By the genius Liana Finck.

So, because not too much else is happening right now, and I need to talk about myself, this week I put out an AMA about motherhood/parenthood, and these were my favorite questions.

“How did you come to the decision to have children? I’m struggling to decide.”

LOL, my first was a happy surprise. I was feeling like soon I’d be ready to start trying, but then suddenly I was pregnant. And I feel two ways about it:

On one hand, I wasn’t ready. I…