It’s a strange and satisfying thing to hear your words come out of your kids’ mouths when they have grown and either use them as a thing to get them through or as parenting mantras. Recently, I have heard some and either smiled or said out loud that I like their use of the Momma-ism. […]

This balance, this tight-rope-walk, is a daily denying-of-self and a dedication to let go until asked to hold on tighter, and then quickly let go again. It’s a willingness to be invited in and then have the door shut in your face while you smile and blow kisses.