During my ‘offline’ summer, I’ve come across people who are also growing into this version of confidence. It’s quiet, unapologetic, consistent, focused, and flexible. These interactions and exchanges feel like the fruits and flowers of growth.

Being a ‘good’ mom requires a lot of things, but it cannot require us to lose our ‘Self’.

Why are we only told to grow ‘up’ when we could be growing deeper, closer, clearer, wiser, freer?