by Saralyn Ward | May 14, 2017 | Blog
For Mother’s Day, I interviewed my own mom. Asking her about motherhood now, as a mom myself, was so profound and enlightened me in ways I never imagined. If you’ve never asked your own mom about what motherhood has meant to her, do it. You will see her...
by Saralyn Ward | May 12, 2017 | Blog
Motherhood has shown me that I’m MUCH stronger than I thought I was. The emotional strength it takes to raise a tiny human is something I knew nothing about. It messes with your heart and head in the best way. It challenges you to become a better person. You no...
by Saralyn Ward | May 12, 2017 | Blog
My four-year-old daughter, Kiki, and I read The Paper Bag Princess before bed last night. At the end of the story, after Prince Ronald has told Princess Elizabeth she didn’t look nice enough and wasn’t good enough (even after she’d gone through ALL that trouble to...
by Saralyn Ward | May 11, 2017 | Blog
My wife birthed our first child. When it was my turn to get pregnant, it took forever. Each month was riddled with hope followed by disappointment. At the time I ran a program for kids with autism. They were beautiful, brilliant, and often times physically aggressive....
by Saralyn Ward | May 10, 2017 | Blog
As I sit down to write this blog, my five-year-old daughter is beginning her gymnastics class at our local rec center. I watch them warm up and I can’t help but wonder if she’s in the right class. Most of the girls are much taller and older than her. But she’s...
