FRIENDS BEFORE AND AFTER MOTHERHOOD

Before I had my daughter I was in a place and time in my life when I could have said yes to all the after work drink and weekend get together, movie premiers, Christmas parties and birthdays, clubs and restaurants. I could have chosen to just binge watch Sex and the City or a cheese…

YOU DID NOT MAKE ME HAPPY, MOMMY!

What can be worse than your own child stating: "You didn't make me happy, mommy! You made me sad" First time I heard it it broke my heart in million pieces and felt anxiety creep in slowly but surely. I started to beat myself up feeling guilty about not making her happy enough. See, she…

THE INVISIBLE WORKLOAD OF MOTHERHOOD

Motherhood seems like a vacation for non parents. I mean what do you have to do? Raise a child. How card can that be? Right? Well .... WRONG. Motherhood involves an immense workload that can only be seen when you stop doing it. It's invisible but so damn stressful and exhausting. It's those worries that…

FIVE MINUTES IN A MOTHER’S HEAD

It's morning. Is she awake? Did I just not hear her? What's the time? Oh, just six am. It's fine. I can sleep at least for another hour or so. Better close my eyes and just sleep. Damn. That neighbor's child screaming now. I cannot not hear it. I wonder what is er problem so…