Motherhood, for me, was a minefield of less-than-honorable passions. Sloughing through a thankless and often humiliating gauntlet of messes and mistakes elicited more anger and exhausted misery than I ever thought possible. Yes, there were multitudes of joys! But that was not where most of the lessons were learned. Not until I had been mothering […]

Planning ahead is a necessity for most of us, moms in particular. We usually have multiple to-do lists already in view, whether scribbled in haste on scraps of paper or dictated by a scheduler, when our feet hit the carpet every morning, which leads to the false assumption of control.  Volleyball practices and dentist appointments […]