Notes From the Motherside

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#25 How Do You Know You're A Mom?

#25 How Do You Know You're A Mom?

Did you always feel like a parent? Did you grow into it? Did you reject it? Does it matter?

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Nina Harada
Sep 03, 2024
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#25 How Do You Know You're A Mom?
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This was originally published November 25, 2019, ten months after I arrived motherside… that is, after I became a mom.

I always dreamed of having children. I never dreamed of becoming a mom. I suppose it’s a matter of perspective or semantics. But for these past 10 months that I’ve been raising my daughter, I still don’t feel like a mom. Whatever that me…

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