I know, I know. I’m such a sap, but in less than a week, my baby starts kindergarten, y’all. Just like that a chapter that has formed me deeply in my adulthood is shifting, changing. As life does.

A decade ago, I was pregnant with my first baby. I had recently been promoted at work and we were in the process of looking into childcare options ($$$ on my nonprofit salary, gah!) But I had basically always intended to be a working mother. Could not even possibly imagine being a stay at home mom.