03/02/2026
As I rock my babies to sleep on my last maternity leave, I’m reflecting on everything we did over the last 3 months which somehow feels like both not enough time and the longest time all at once.
Over the past 102 days, I gave birth and somehow also got shingles. Celebrated my Mom’s 60th. Let our house be loud and full of family. Attempted potty training. Pierce started school. Worked on my pelvic floor and core. Ate oysters and drank booze. We escaped to warm weather and shoveled more snow than I can remember. Watched Pierce grow into being a big sister. Sat in the beautiful, exhausting joy with my mom friends. Bought and sold far too much on FBM. Accepted that my house may never truly be clean. Appreciated childcare more than ever. Built out TAM 4.0 and began hiring our next practice manager. And in the middle of it all, I stood beside my best friend as she faced a cancer diagnosis during her pregnancy.
Looking back, it’s obvious that life doesn’t pause for maternity leave. It doesn’t pause for business goals. It doesn’t pause for joy or heartbreak. It’s all happening at the same time.
And that’s exactly why I believe as women we can have it all.
Not because it’s easy. Not because we do it perfectly. But because we are capable of holding multiple roles in the same season.
We can be full-time moms and full-time CEOs. Full-time wives and full-time best friends.
Is it hard? Absolutely.
But life is constantly happening so we might as well live it fully.
Tomorrow I walk back into work more grateful, more grounded, and more certain that motherhood doesn’t take away from who we are, it expands us.
