Mama Trauma Is Here
Perhaps you always wanted to be a parent. Perhaps you’re destined to be a great parent; you have no issues, concerns or fears about how your children will turn out as adults. Well, this is for the rest of us who are dazed and confused about this silly and traumatic predicament we call parenting. I was eight years old when one of my older sister's friends defined my life for me. It was a shimmering summer day and I was annoying them by breathing the same air. My world froze when she spun around, pointed at my chest and intoned, "You won't meet the love of your life and marry until your late thirties. Before that, you'll have several fabulous affairs and an exciting career." As she dropped her hand and turned away, she tossed me a devastating one-liner, "Oh and by the way, your pants are too short. You look like a nerd." She was right on all points. Of course at eight the news about my pants was far more disturbing than her predictions about my lo