Reflecting on Who I Am as a Mother Post Divorce

I hope my kids know I did the best I could.

Photo by Andres Molina on Unsplash

I found a letter from my daughter that she wrote for me on Mother’s Day of 2014. At the time, she was eight years old. This was also the time her father and I would go through a divorce.

No one prepares you for parenthood. Let alone what parenting would look like should the family…