Self-Care

To the Sisterhood of Mothers – Happy Mother’s Day!

There’s not much about motherhood that lives up to my preconceived ideas about it. No one. No one could have reliably prepared me for the amount of not-diaper-related poop I’ve handled in my 8 years as a mom. That’s not what I’m here to write about but any good mom

Finding Myself Through Self Care

SELF CARE. Those two words haunt me everywhere I go. My therapist, my doctor, my friends, everyone talks about self-care, but does anyone really do it? What is it? So, taking a half hour to read a book or chat with a friend or go for a walk is really