Brittney Exline

Things I Know About Motherhood

Motherhood is an enigma to me. For a long time, it was an enigma because of its distance, but now as I have entered the final year of my 20s it has come more sharply into relief. Two of my friends recently had children, one of them a newly minted mom, the other a seasoned pro of a mom, and although none of it is surprising I find myself disoriented. Where will motherhood lead them? How will they change and grow? Listening in on the zoom conversations about strollers and breastfeeding and amniotic fluid levels I realized how little I ever knew about the endeavor of motherhood.