MerryMommy

It takes a village to raise kind, generous kids. You are our village. If there is anything I have learned about being a mom in the past 2 years, it is that you can't do it alone. We are tribal people. We were made to rely on one another, to support our weak, to raise up our faltering, and to be the strong blazing the trail when we were able. Yet our modern society has evolved to be one of isolation. Marks of our success include leaving our families, building demanding careers, buying our own homes, and somehow managing to raise our children without anyone ever seeing us struggle.  I have realized recently that my concept of motherhood and my understanding of my role as a "mother" in society have evolved. I used to think that society had it right. That I was supposed to "make it" on my own, and that somehow every woman before me had done the same. And, worse than that, I should only show the world the glorious, shining moments of motherhood. Not the long, d...