Christine Carlo George

On this Mother’s Day weekend, I’ve been thinking about mothers and mother figures. When I became a mother at 41, I’d already seen most of my friends become mothers. Yet, as far as I could tell, they seamlessly managed parenting, work, relationships, and anything else happening in their lives. Sure, they hit bumps along the way, but they made it look pretty darn manageable for the most part. I assumed I’d learned enough from them that I, too, would transition into parenting se