I was a person before I was a mother. I don't mean that I have somehow become something other than a person, or less than a person since becoming "mama." What is I mean is that motherhood has changed me just as it has changed my schedule, my social life, and pretty much everything else, and yet I am still me.
Bobcats in outer space
We used to have two cats. Both my husband and I had cats as kids, but Louie was our first pet together. We adopted him from a shelter out of the Union Square PetCo about two years before our daughter was born. He was a great cat: loved to cuddle, loved to play, and was very patient when the baby became a toddler and realized how soft he was…
Things I like about writing: mom edition
Things I Like About Writing: Mom Edition
I get a creative outlet
I get to use words for something other than explaining why that battery operated Little People car can’t take a bath in the toilet
The only cleaning up is hitting ⌘S and closing my laptop
Overcoming self-doubt
It took me a while to admit to myself that I wanted to be a writer. That is to say, in a professional sense.
The first step was realizing that I really enjoyed writing. I started my first book over five years ago, and I didn't begin with publishing in mind. I was just having fun, and trying to watch less television…