Nobody Talks About It How you go from sweetheart, My love, Adigun even, Odogwu, my baby— to being led by the hand of a tiny creature with no experience. You manage funds, firms, staff: CEO, director, accountant— but now, instead of boardrooms and Zoom calls, you are changing wet diapers before traffic. […]
It’s Not a Job
“I can’t do that. It’s not my job.”She said it, straight-faced.And I stared, stunned. Because when it comes to early childhood?It is so much more than a job.It’s service.Sacred service. It’s holding space for a toddler’s meltdown at 9 a.m.It’s being the detective when they cry—pain? hunger? attention?It’s being the calm in their chaos.Wiping poopy […]
Mother – A Mother’s Day Poem
Mother, I didn’t understand before, what it meant to be you, that sacrifice came in small increments, a half-eaten plate of rice, mealtime a marathon, to keep their attention and appetite fluctuates like embers, a dying fire… it is— the space our children take in our hearts and our lives, the questions and concerns that […]