Mommin' Ain't Eazy
It's been a while since I made myself sit down and type something out. Between moving to a new city, the gauntlet of holidays from Halloween through New Years, and just general life and motherhood, free minutes have been few and fleeting. I'm making a concerted effort to change that and for good reason. As a society, we talk a lot about motherhood and a lot that it entails; pregnancy, child birth and labor, breastfeeding, and the topic of postpartum depression is even becoming much more mainstream. We celebrate the magic and the hard work that encompasses being a mom, but there's one thing we don't really discuss; the loneliness. As moms, we give everything we have for our children and our family. We sacrifice our bodies, our health and even our sanity at times to make sure those growing little people are happy, safe, and secure. And for the most part, we do it willingly. But sometimes that means sacrificing those little pleasures we cherished before kids. A lot of th...