Tag: motherhood

  • What Children Teach You About Your Past Mistakes

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    Having children makes you see your previous life with uncomfortable clarity. Here is what I see when I look back, and what I am choosing to do with it. The view from here What children teach you about your past mistakes is not something anyone warned me about. You look back at the years before…

  • What Nobody Tells You About Parenting: The Hard Truth

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    Last time I wrote about the reasons I love being a parent. This time I am not sugarcoating anything. Here is what nobody tells you about parenting – at least not honestly enough. 1. Your time disappears completely I have three children under five – Ms who is four, Mr who is two and has…

  • Why I Love Being a Parent: 11 Honest Reasons

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    Having children is increasingly treated as one option among many rather than a natural part of adult life. That is a valid shift. But the case for parenthood deserves to be made honestly, so here it is. Why bother at all Many people today choose not to have children, and living for yourself is genuinely…

  • When Motherhood Feels Like Too Much: An Honest Confession

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    I usually write about our days and find something good in them. Today I want to write about what is underneath that. The honest version Things are not going well with me. I want to write that plainly because this blog has always been about honesty, and the honest version of right now is harder…

  • Holding On in the Middle of Everything: Motherhood, Fear, and Quiet Strength

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    When love and exhaustion live side by side Some days feel like a contradiction. In motherhood with a child with Down syndrome, there is so much love it almost hurts—and at the same time, a weight that presses on every thought and movement. These feelings don’t cancel each other out. They exist together, constantly shifting,…

  • Socializing as a Parent: Do Children Really Need It – and What About Us?

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    From Extrovert to Overwhelmed Parent I have always been an extrovert. Talking to people came naturally to me, even strangers. Before having children, I spent time going out, traveling, and attending events. I had many acquaintances and a few close friends. Now, life looks completely different. With a strong-willed and active 4-year-old daughter, a 2-year-old…

  • A Day at Home With My Two-Year-Old Son

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    Settling Into Our New Home We have now been living in our new home for several weeks. Life has slowly started to find its rhythm again. My partner goes to work, our four-year-old daughter goes to kindergarten, and I stay home with our two-year-old son, who has Down syndrome. Daily life with a toddler with…

  • Where Is the Help? Reflections on Community, Kindness, and Raising a Family

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    The Idea of Community People often say that it takes a village to raise a child. In theory, there should be a sense of community between people. Neighbours supporting each other, families helping one another, and parents not having to face everything alone. But honestly, I often wonder where that village actually is. Sometimes it…

  • Being Pregnant While Parenting Two Toddlers

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    I am currently 8 months pregnant. At home I have a four-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son. Life is busy, noisy, and full of movement from morning until evening. Being pregnant after having a child with Down syndrome brings many emotions. Our two-year-old has Down syndrome, and now we are expecting another baby. This pregnancy…

  • Spring Outside and in My Heart

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    Spring has finally arrived – both outside and in my heart. After weeks of illness in our family, things are slowly getting better. My partner is back at work, our daughter has returned to kindergarten, and life is beginning to find its rhythm again. Yesterday I went outside twice with our two-year-old son for a…