This book put to words so much of what I have felt as I have moved into the world of motherhood. For the longest time I used to ask what is wrong with me? Why don't I enjoy the day to day world of a stay at home mother to young children? Why do i get antsy during mommy and me activities and want to leave? Why do i not enjoy breastfeeding pr co sleeping or doing baby genius flash cards?And then the ensuing guilt over not loving every waking moment as a mother was overwhelming. Fox struggled with all these things until someone she calls " mr truth" told her she was fine and it didn't matter if he absolutely hated children's cartoons or resented the pressure from other moms to step in line and pretend she loved gymboree. What mattered was that she loved her children and standing idly by watching her own identity dwindle in self sacrifice was not the way to show love to her children. Why should women have overwhelming guilt over wanting life outside the home? I have to be honest, when I dream I dream of going back to school and doing work that I find meaningful and that I believe will have a positive impact on the world and my family I am the mother of two girls and I want to set the example for them that you can have love for family and children and be involves and engaged in their lives without losing who you are and sacrificing all of your self to do it. I love my children deeply, in a way that only a mother could understand, but given the choice between a sing a long and spending the day reading and laughing my kids I will skip the ore approved " good mother" activities any day.

it is a deeply personal book and therefore reflects the idiosyncrasies of the author. there were long sections that were not so interesting, but then the sections that were relevant made me laugh and cry and want to recommend this book to everyone I knew.

Faulkner Fox has it all---a home, a job
she loves, a husband she adores, and two delightful sons. Yet,
somehow, she feels a disquieting sense of unhappiness. This book is
her attempt to come to terms with her feelings about motherhood amid
a culture that promotes not only selfless devotion to one's children
but also the ambitious strivings of modern women.

Though my own baby-steeped days have now passed, I can clearly
remember my own angst during those difficult early years at home. Fox
does a good job of trying to figure out the why, why, why of her
unhappiness while at the same time reminding us all of the
simultaneous bubbly joy of spending time with the fascinating little
beings our children often are. I'd recommend this for all moms, past
and present.