This has been one of those parenting weeks. You know the ones — where the kids seem to bring home a new virus every other day, and as a family of five with three kids under six, it takes weeks to fully get through just one illness. Somehow, my middle child has managed to stay healthy (a mystery I still haven’t solved), while the rest of us have been cycling through exhaustion, fevers, and all the things no parent ever really gets used to. Last Friday evening, my oldest son

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how grateful I am for the incredible women in my life—especially the friendships I’ve built since becoming a mother. When I had my first son, who is now six, I was the first in my friend group to enter motherhood. I went from working full-time and finishing my master’s degree straight into full-blown parenting. And while two things can absolutely be true at the same time—having my son was the greatest thing I have ever done and one of th