We’re Not Meant to Do This Alone

I’ve spent years caring for little ones as a nanny, and at one point, I taught in a preschool classroom. I loved parts of it—but I also felt something was missing.

The systems were efficient but often disconnected from real, human connection. Parents were expected to just know what to do, and children were expected to move at the same pace, in the same way.

It didn’t sit right. And it reminded me that the “village” we always talk about? The one it takes to raise a child? It’s harder to find than ever—and often missing entirely.

Then I read a book that changed the way I thought about motherhood—not just as something you do, but as something that transforms who you are.

It’s called The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin, and it cracked something open in me.

It’s raw, honest, sometimes messy—and a reminder that parenthood, in all its forms, is deeply human. If you’re a reader (or an audiobook person like me when I'm folding laundry or pushing a stroller), I can’t recommend it enough.

So here we are. This blog is a small part of rebuilding that village. A soft place to land. A space for reflection, support, and growing together—with our children, and with ourselves.

Photo Captured by Xan Padron | Saatchi Art