A Mother in Every Season

Motherhood: Unscripted

  • What Teen Motherhood Really Taught Me

    Becoming a parent as a teenager changes the order of things. While most of my peers were figuring out who they were, I was learning how to keep someone else alive. While others were planning futures that felt wide open, mine narrowed quickly, defined by schedules, responsibilities, and choices that carried weight long before I Read more

  • I Became a Mother Before I Became Myself

    I didn’t plan to become a mother so young. I was still a teenager when Ava entered my life. Tiny, dependent, and completely unaware that I was still growing up myself. There was no roadmap, no timeline, no version of motherhood that looked like the one I was living. I was learning who I was Read more