Allana harkin husband quotes

There is a moment early in motherhood that happens to about 97% of the newly mothering population. That moment when you authentically admit to yourself: “I have absolutely no idea what I am doing.”

Where, when and how this acknowledgement takes place usually comes as a great surprise.

It can be a whisper while you’re alone in your kitchen or show up in deep sobs while sequestered in the mall bathroom.

Allana harkin husband quotes

For me, it happened one afternoon – while wearing the same yoga pants I had slept in – as I profanely insulted my breast pump. But although I didn’t feel like the poster child for new mothers everywhere, I deeply suspected I wasn’t alone.

I couldn’t help thinking, “Shouldn’t there have been a required class for this?” It felt like someone had thrown me off the side of a boat with no survival tools and then took off, ignoring my cries of: “Are there sharks here?

And don’t you think I at least need a scuba suit? Or a snorkel?!”

As I was swimming out in the middle of that metaphoric oc