Motherhood keeps me grounded. It’s hard to maintain lofty notions of your own stature and grandeur when your day-to-day duties consist of meeting the physical needs of others- filling bellies, mopping messes, and wiping rear-ends.
Even early on becoming a mother forces a woman to focus on the physical as hormones overrun her body and the physical discomforts of pregnancy disrupt her daily life. Babies are needy and clingy, wanting
